The dopaminergic reward system underpins gender differences in social preferences
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Gender Differences in Preferences
E and policymakers have observed gender differences in a number of different domains, including consumption, investment and, perhaps of most concern, in the labor market (see Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn 2000 for a review). It is often hypothesized that these differences are caused by preference differences between the genders. In this article, we review experimental evidence on prefer...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Human Behaviour
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2397-3374
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0226-y