Gender differences in beliefs and actions in a framed corruption experiment

Predictors of Bribe-Taking: The Role of Bribe Size and Personality

“…The results seem to support general proclivity for less corrupt behavior in women as described by Chaudhuri (2012) . However, similarly as most of the past research, the present study used a convenience sample, which limits any generalization of the gender effects, and should be therefore interpreted with caution, especially because other studies suggest that the observed gender differences may be caused by the differences in beliefs about the prevalence of corrupt behavior between women and men ( Shaw et al, 2013 ; Fišar et al, 2016 ).…”

“…We also conceptually replicate some previously found associations between gender, personality traits, and corrupt behavior using the new task. In particular, many previous studies found that women tend to act less dishonestly than men in general ( Ward and Beck, 1990 ) as well as less corruptly in particular ( Dollar et al, 2001 ; Chaudhuri, 2012 ; Fišar et al, 2016 ). We observe the same pattern of behavior in our task.…”

“…The majority of existing studies model corruption using a modified version of the “Trust game” in which a player in the role of a company or a citizen can transfer funds to a second player, usually called “public official.” The public official can then reciprocate this “bribe” by increasing the final reward of the first player at the expense of other players – usually representing the public (e.g., Abbink et al, 2002 ; Alatas et al, 2009a , b ; Cameron et al, 2009 ; Barr and Serra, 2010 ; Drugov et al, 2014 ; D’Adda et al, 2016 ; Fišar et al, 2016 ). The presence of an explicit decision whether to harm someone to gain a financial benefit differentiates experiments studying corruption from similar studies focused on dishonesty in general.…”

Are women more likely to throw the rascals out? The mobilizing effect of social service spending on female voters

“…Such socialization increases the likelihood that women will behave more ethically, in the interest of the public good, than men. Several studies looking at a range of perceptions and behaviors related to ethical choices from corruption to tax evasion support a tendency among women, more so than among men, to hold ethical perceptions or behave ethically (Chaudhuri 2012;D'Attoma et al 2017;Fišar et al 2016;Rosenbaum et al 2014;Swamy et al 2001;Torlger and Valev 2010).…”

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“…Additionally, if women are more present in the parliament, meaning the share of women is higher, the degree of corruption is not that high (Swamy et al 2001) because women are more relationshiporiented due to their higher degree of moral behaviour (Rivas 2013). Torgler and Valev (2010) as well as Fišar et al (2016) show significantly greater aversion to corruption among women because males rather tend to be individualistic or more selfish than females. The resistance of public servants towards corruption is found to relate less to a willingness to report and are less inclined to reciprocate as found by Lambsdorff and Frank (2011).…”