2D:4D does not predict economic preferences: Evidence from a large, representative sample

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The digit ratio (2D:4D) is considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero, and there has been a recent surge of studies testing whether 2D:4D is associated with economic preferences. Although the results are not conclusive, previous studies have reported statistically significant correlations between 2D:4D and risk taking, altruism, positive reciprocity, negative reciprocity and trust. Many "researcher degrees of freedom" and small sample sizes are important limitations of previous studies. We present results from a pre-registered large sample study testing if 2D:4D is associated with economic preferences. Data were collected in a representative sample of adults in the German Socioeconomic Panel-Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS), in a sample of about 3,450 respondents (about 5 times larger than the previously largest study in this field). We find no statistically significant association between 2D:4D and economic preferences in the largest study to this date on the topic.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 1086

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Neuroeconomics
• Thema: Economic behavior ; prenatal hormones ; testosterone ; digit ratio

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Neyse, Levent ; Johannesson, Magnus ; Dreber, Anna
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/219006
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ