Gender Differences in Stereotypes of Risk Preferences: Experimental Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patrilineal Society.

Pondorfer, Andreas, Barsbai, Toman and Schmidt, Ulrich (2017) Gender Differences in Stereotypes of Risk Preferences: Experimental Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patrilineal Society. Management Science, 63 (10). pp. 3268-3284. DOI 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2505.

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Abstract

We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in stereotypes about risk preferences of men and women across two distinct island societies in the Pacific: the patrilineal Palawan in the Philippines and the matrilineal Teop in Papua New Guinea. We find no gender differences in actual risk preferences, but we find evidence for culture-specific stereotypes. Like men in Western societies, Palawan men overestimate women’s actual risk aversion. By contrast, Teop men underestimate women’s actual risk aversion. We argue that the observed differences in stereotypes between the two societies are determined by the different social status of women.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: gender roles culture stereotype experiment risk aversion
Research affiliation: Kiel University
Kiel University > Kiel Marine Science
OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: informs
Projects: Future Ocean
Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2018 10:52
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 20:18
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42070

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