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Eva Ranehill. Photo.

Eva Ranehill

Professor

Eva Ranehill. Photo.

Gender and cooperation in children: Experiments in Colombia and Sweden

Author

  • Juan-Camilo Cardenas
  • Anna Dreber
  • Emma von Essen
  • Eva Ranehill

Summary, in English

In this article we compare cooperation among Colombian and Swedish children aged 9–12. We illustrate the dynamics of the prisoner's dilemma in a new task that is easily understood by children and performed during a physical education class. We find no robust evidence of a difference in cooperation between Colombia and Sweden overall. However, Colombian girls cooperate less than Swedish girls. We also find indications that girls in Colombia are less cooperative than boys. Finally, there is also a tendency for children to be more cooperative with boys than with girls on average.

Publishing year

2014-03-10

Language

English

Publication/Series

PLoS ONE

Volume

9

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Topic

  • Economics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1932-6203