Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore.

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Phuong Linh., Nguyen, My Hanh., Lim, James Kian Wei.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Ethics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35483
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Economics, the term Homo economicus has always been assumed to be gender-neutral. Increasingly, however, gender differences have been observed in a variety of domains. This has attracted the attention of many economists, who have realized that these differences could have serious implications for...