Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups versus Individuals

Muehlheusser, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.12.019

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Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups versus Individuals

Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider and Niklas Wallmeier

Economics Letters 128, 25–29

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A schematic, not the measured sizes: deciding alone, men and women lie about equally; deciding in pairs, male and mixed pairs lie more than female pairs.

In short

An experiment that compares the honesty of groups and individuals, and of men and women.

What we find

Participants report a die roll that only they have seen, and the report decides their pay; the design follows Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013).
Deciding alone, men and women lie about equally.
Deciding in pairs, gender matters strongly: male and mixed pairs lie more than female pairs.

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Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider and Niklas Wallmeier (2015). “Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups versus Individuals.” Economics Letters 128, 25–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.12.019

@article{muehlheusser2015gender,
  author = {Muehlheusser, Gerd and Roider, Andreas and Wallmeier, Niklas},
  title = {{Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups versus Individuals}},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {Economics Letters},
  volume = {128},
  pages = {25--29},
  doi = {10.1016/j.econlet.2014.12.019}
}