Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193353 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12059
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Preferences - concerning time, risk and social interactions - systematically shape human behavior, and contribute to differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six fundamental preferences. Our data consist of 80,000 individuals in 76 representative country samples with measures on willingness to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity as well as trust. Gender differences in preferences were positively related to economic development and gender equality. This suggests that greater availability of and equal access to material and social resources for both genders favor the manifestation of gender-differentiated preferences across countries.
Subjects: 
preferences
cross-country variation
gender
JEL: 
C91
D91
D63
D64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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