Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/229425 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2021/24
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
What is the effect of gender priming on solidarity behaviour? We explore a two-player solidarity game where players can insure each other against the risk of losses. In the utility function, priming is represented as the 'change in weight' given to the other player's payoff. We test this experimentally in a developing country setting, the Philippines. We consider a treatment that involves reminding subjects of their gender. We found that, without priming, there were no statistically different gender differences in the solidarity game. With priming, however, there was an increased willingness in women to provide insurance.
Subjects: 
gender
priming
solidarity
gender differences
Philippines
JEL: 
C91
C93
J16
O16
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-958-7
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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