Gender differences in social risk taking

• Published in: Journal of economic psychology Vol. 77; p. 102182
• Main Authors: Friedl, Andreas, Pondorfer, Andreas, Schmidt, Ulrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Cultural-comparative analysis; Economic experiments; Gender differences; Social risk taking; Cultural-comparative analysis; D03; Social risk taking; Gender differences; D81; C93; Economic experiments; J16; J15

•We perform a lab experiment to analyze gender differences in social risk taking.•Women turn out to be more risk averse than men in social risk taking.•We can show that high inequality aversion of women causes this result.•A second experiment in a small-scale society finds no gender differences.•Thi...