Rank versus inequality—Does gender composition matter?

IF 1.5 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-28 DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2025.102466

Duk Gyoo Kim , Max Riegel

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Abstract

This study investigates the influence of gender composition on allocation decisions involving a rank–inequality tradeoff. In a real-time online experiment, participants chose to either alleviate inequality by relinquishing their current relative rank or exacerbate inequality while maintaining their current rank. Two essential features of the experiment are: (1) participants’ relative rank is the outcome of their real-effort performance and luck; (2) participants’ genders are naturally revealed by gender-specific nicknames. We found that female participants are more reluctant to relinquish their current relative rank when the persons ranked below and above them are of the opposite gender. This tendency was less pronounced in the male participants.

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排名与不平等——性别构成重要吗？

本研究探讨性别构成对分配决策的影响，涉及等级不平等的权衡。在一项实时在线实验中，参与者要么选择放弃当前的相对排名来缓解不平等，要么选择在保持当前排名的同时加剧不平等。实验的两个基本特征是：(1)参与者的相对排名是他们的实际努力表现和运气的结果；(2)参与者的性别会自然地被性别昵称所揭示。我们发现，女性参与者更不愿意放弃她们目前的相对地位，当排名低于和高于她们的人是异性。这种趋势在男性参与者中不那么明显。

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来源期刊

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

113

审稿时长

83 days

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