Resumen de An experimental study of gender differences in distributive justice
This paper investigates gender differences in distributive justice by means of a controlled laboratory experiment. I consider a dictator game with production, in which subjects first solve a quiz to accumulate earnings and then divide the surplus by choosing one of the following allocations: (1) keeping the entire surplus (the selfish allocation), (2) giving the entire surplus away, (3) dividing the surplus in two identical parts (the egalitarian allocation), (4) dividing the surplus according to the subject's performance in the quiz (the accountability allocation), or (5) dividing the surplus according to subjects' production, which is due to performance and circumstances (the libertarian allocation). I find that women and men have different performance in the quiz but do not choose a different criteria when dividing the surplus. The data suggest, however, that women's are more sensitive to the context as women's allocation choices depend on whether they have earned more or less money than their counterparts. It is also found that women are more likely to employ the fair allocation that most benefits their financial payoff, whereas this is not the case for men
