This paper uses dictator experiments to examine gender differences in altruistic behavior in the United States when decisions are made individually and jointly. In anonymous individual giving to charity, women give substantially more than men, and in paired settings, mixed-sex groups give the...

This paper investigates the relationship between heterogeneous social preferences and charitable giving under alternative prices of giving and types of subsidies (matching and rebates). We compare within-person decision-making in alternative contexts to determine whether there is carry over in...

This chapter investigates the relationship between heterogeneous social preferences and charitable giving under alternative prices of giving and types of subsidies. Using 10 allocation decisions, we categorize participants’ social preferences as self-interested, inequity averse, or social...