Open AccessDistributive behavior, cooperation and gender differences: evidence from Dictator experiments
Author(s) -
Saulo Barreto Cunha,
Leonardo Rodrigues Sampaio,
Guilherme Ribeiro Eulálio Cabral
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista brasileira de terapia comportamental e cognitiva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-3541
pISSN - 1517-5545
DOI - 10.31505/rbtcc.v23i1.1528
Subject(s) - dictator , voucher , dictator game , social psychology , task (project management) , egalitarianism , context (archaeology) , psychology , distribution (mathematics) , distributive property , distributive justice , work (physics) , microeconomics , economics , political science , mathematics , politics , geography , pure mathematics , law , economic justice , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , accounting , management , archaeology , engineering
The aim of this work was to investigate if men and women differed significantly in the distribution of endowments in a dictatorial game context, after the accomplishment of a cooperative task, when interacting directly one with another (Study 1), and when interaction is intermediated by the researcher (Study 2). The experimental task consisted of putting together a puzzle, and then distribute vouchers tickets in the model of a Dictatorial Game. One hundred twenty undergraduates (80 in Study 1 and 40 in Study 2) were organized into three types of pairs: men only, women only, or mixed. The distribution and expectation of receiving vouchers were not influenced by gender and, in general, participants tended to equality in all experimental conditions. Results suggest that participants appraise their partners’ work and try to compensate them, thus contributing to egalitarianism and pro-sociability, even in a context of a Dictator Game.