Gender and altruism in a random sample

•When all treatment arms are aggregated, no significant gender differences are found.•Controlling for gender of the counterpart does not affect the results.•When priming there is suggestive evidence of gender differences in altruism.•Post-hoc analysis suggests that the priming effect only occurs in...

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Hauptverfasser: Boschini, Anne, Dreber, Anna, von Essen, Emma, Muren, Astri, Ranehill, Eva
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