Are female skins sold for a lower price? Evidence from the Fortnite game

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Much significant research has been done to shed light on discrimination of females in, for example, labor markets. Less is known, in contrast, about the amount of discrimination in the virtual world of online gaming. In an early study, Castronova (2004) finds that female avatars receive about 10% lower prices in online auctions. In this research note, we re-examine the pricing of avatars sold in the Fortnite game. We cannot reject the null hypothesis that female and male avatars are sold at the same prices. We also account for the impact of a Fortnite sex scandal on the price differential between female and male avatars.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 420

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Marketing
• Thema: gender discrimination ; Fortnite ; gaming ; Freemium ; product differentiation ; market segmentation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Stadtmann, Georg ; Tosun, Aynur Dilan ; Pierdzioch, Christian
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European University Viadrina, Department of Business Administration and Economics
• (wo): Frankfurt (Oder)
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.11584/opus4-773
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/224206
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ