Believed gender differences in social preferences
dc.contributor.author | Exley, CL | |
dc.contributor.author | Hauser, OP | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Pezzuto, J-H | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-12T11:15:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-08-10T19:09:16Z | |
dc.description.abstract | While there is a vast (and mixed) literature on gender differences in social preferences, little is known about believed gender differences in social preferences. Using data from 15 studies and 8,979 individuals, we find that women are believed to be more generous and more equality-oriented than men. This believed gender gap is robust across a wide range of contexts that vary in terms of strategic considerations, selfish motives, fairness concepts, and payoffs. Yet, this believed gender gap is largely inaccurate. Consistent with models of associative memory, and specifically the role of similarity and interference, the believed gender gap is correlated with recalled prior life experiences from similar contexts and significantly affected by an experience that may interfere with the recall process of prior memories even though this interfering experience should not affect the beliefs of perfect-memory Bayesians. Application studies further reveal that believed gender differences extend to the household (i.e., beliefs about contributions to the home, family, and upbringing of children), the workplace (i.e., beliefs about equal pay) and policy views (i.e., beliefs about redistribution, equal access to education, healthcare, and affordable housing). | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | UK Research and Innovation | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Awaiting citation and DOI. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | MR/T020253/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/137118 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-9282-0801 (Hauser, Oliver P) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under temporary indefinite embargo pending publication by Oxford University Press. No embargo required on publication | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2024 The Authors.For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising. | en_GB |
dc.title | Believed gender differences in social preferences | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-12T11:15:28Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-5533 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1531-4650 | |
dc.identifier.journal | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Quarterly Journal of Economics | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-08-09 | |
dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2022-05-02 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2024-08-09 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-08-10T19:09:19Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
exeter.rights-retention-statement | Yes |
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