Women ask for less (only from men): evidence from bargaining in the field
Fecha
2018Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1016/j.jebo.2018.06.010
Resumen
Data from a TV show provide the opportunity to study gender differences and gender interaction effects in bargaining with sizable stakes. A proposer and a responder, who is selected by the proposer, bargain over a fixed pie. Proposers are in a stronger bargaining position because they have a positive outside option and information on the size of the pie, while responders have neither. The matchin ...
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Data from a TV show provide the opportunity to study gender differences and gender interaction effects in bargaining with sizable stakes. A proposer and a responder, who is selected by the proposer, bargain over a fixed pie. Proposers are in a stronger bargaining position because they have a positive outside option and information on the size of the pie, while responders have neither. The matching between male proposers and female responders stands as the most favorable for proposers. Women as responders demand less only from male proposers, which explains the difference in earnings. [--]
Materias
Bargaining,
Gender differences,
Gender interaction effects,
Field data
Editor
Elsevier
Publicado en
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 152 (2018) 192-214
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Economía /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ekonomia Saila
Versión del editor
Entidades Financiadoras
Iñigo Hernandez-Arenaz acknowledges financial support fromVicerrectorado de Investigación
de la UPV/EHU (PIF//13/015) and Departamento de Educación, Política Lingüística y Cultura del Gobierno Vasco (IT869-13). Nagore Iriberri acknowledges
financial support from Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (ECO2015-66027-P MINECO/FEDER),
Departamento de Educación and Política Lingüística y Cultura del Gobierno Vasco (IT869-13) and Norwegian Research Council (TOPPFORSK 250506).