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Gender differences in discrimination emerge early in life: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city

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  • Angerer, Silvia
  • Dutcher, E. Glenn
  • Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela
  • Lergetporer, Philipp
  • Sutter, Matthias

Abstract

We report the decisions of 824 young children who allocated a fixed endowment between two other children where only one spoke the same language as the decision maker. We show that boys are more likely to discriminate against the out-group.

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  • Angerer, Silvia & Dutcher, E. Glenn & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp & Sutter, Matthias, 2017. "Gender differences in discrimination emerge early in life: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city," Munich Reprints in Economics 55037, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:lmu:muenar:55037
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    1. Daniel Schunk & Isabell Zipperle, 2023. "Fairness and inequality acceptance in children and adolescents: A survey on behaviors in economic experiments," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(5), pages 1715-1742, December.
    2. Angerer, Silvia & Brosch, Hanna & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp & Rittmannsberger, Thomas, 2024. "Discrimination in the General Population," IZA Discussion Papers 16984, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Angerer, Silvia & Zhuravleva, Tatyana, 2024. "Early childhood discrimination: A comparison of countries," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    4. Bindra, Parampreet Christopher & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp, 2020. "Discrimination at young age: Experimental evidence from preschool children," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 55-70.
    5. Kai Barron & Heike Harmgart & Steffen Huck & Sebastian O. Schneider & Matthias Sutter, 2023. "Discrimination, Narratives, and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 105(4), pages 1008-1016, July.
    6. Sutter, Matthias & Angerer, Silvia & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp, 2018. "Language group differences in time preferences: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 21-34.
    7. Utteeyo Dasgupta & Subha Mani & Joe Vecci & Tomas Zelinsky, 2023. "Game of Prejudice," Fordham Economics Discussion Paper Series dp2023-06er:dp2023-06, Fordham University, Department of Economics.
    8. Siddique, Abu & Vlassopoulos, Michael & Zenou, Yves, 2023. "Market competition and discrimination," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    9. Sutter, Matthias & Zoller, Claudia & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela, 2019. "Economic behavior of children and adolescents – A first survey of experimental economics results," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 98-121.
    10. Dasgupta, Utteeyo & Mani, Subha & Vecci, Joe & Želinský, Tomáš, 2025. "Games of prejudice - experiments with adolescents," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
    11. Kudashvili, Nikoloz & Lergetporer, Philipp, 2022. "Minorities’ strategic response to discrimination: Experimental evidence," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 208(C).
    12. Fuhai Hong & Yohanes E. Riyanto & Ruike Zhang, 2022. "Multidimensional social identity and redistributive preferences: an experimental study," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 93(1), pages 151-184, July.

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    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles

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