Gender and cooperation in children: Experiments in Colombia and Sweden

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We compare how children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden cooperate in a Prisoner's Dilemma. We introduce a new measurement device for cooperation that can be easily understood by children. There is some evidence of more cooperation in Sweden than in Colombia. Girls in Colombia are less cooperative than boys, whereas our results indicate the opposite in Sweden. Girls are in general more cooperative with boys than with girls. Relating cooperation to competitiveness, this appears to be task and country dependent.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance ; No. 735

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: cooperation ; children ; gender differences ; experiment ; Gefangenendilemma ; Kooperation ; Geschlecht ; Test ; Kolumbien ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo ; Dreber, Anna ; von Essen, Emma ; Ranehill, Eva
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56376
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET