Data and Code for: Hunger and the Gender Gap

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Yan Chen, University of Michigan. School of Information; Ming Jiang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Antai School of Management; Erin Krupka, University of Michigan

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Project Citation:

Chen, Yan, Jiang, Ming, and Krupka, Erin. Data and Code for: Hunger and the Gender Gap. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-06-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120065V2

Project Description

Summary: Temporary changes in biological state, such as hunger, can impact decision making differently for men and women. Food scarcity is correlated with a host of negative economic outcomes. Two explanations for this correlation are that hunger affects economic preferences directly or that hunger creates a mindset that focuses on scarcity management to the detriment of other decisions. To test these predictions, we conduct a lab-in-the-feld experiment in a health screening clinic in Shanghai, recruiting participants who finish their annual physical exam either before or after they have eaten breakfast. We compare the hungry and sated groups on their risk, time and generosity preferences as well as their cognitive performance. Our results show that men and women respond to hunger in opposite directions, thus hunger reduces the gender gap in decision quality, risk aversion and cognitive performance, but creates one in generosity. Finally, we examine several biomarkers and find that higher blood lipid levels are correlated with greater choice inconsistency, risk aversion and generosity. We contribute to emerging insights on the biological foundations for economic preferences and outcomes

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: hunger; gender; economic preferences

Geographic Coverage: Shanghai, China

Time Period(s): 4/3/2014 – 4/11/2014

Universe: individuals visiting one of the health screening clinics of the company MeiNian

Data Type(s): experimental data; medical records; observational data; survey data

Collection Notes: The experiment was conducted immediately after the employee annual physical at a health clinic in Shanghai.

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: individual employee

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