@article {218821,
	title = {Exploring gendered behavior in the field with experiments: Why public goods are provided by women in a Nairobi slum},
	journal = {Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization },
	volume = {70},
	number = {1},
	year = {2009},
	pages = { 1-9},
	abstract = {Women, and particularly women in all-female groups, appear to be especially adept at providing public goods in developing countries. We use a one-shot Public Goods game to explore the effect of sex and a group{\textquoteright}s sex composition on the voluntary provision of public goods in a Nairobi slum. Sex heterogeneity hurts the voluntary provision of public goods because women{\textemdash}but not men{\textemdash}contribute less in mixed-sex than same-sex groups. Women contribute as much as men in same-sex groups. This result is driven by women{\textquoteright}s pessimism and men{\textquoteright}s optimism about others{\textquoteright} contributions in mixed-sex groups rather than by gendered social preferences.},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2008.12.006},
	author = {Iris Bohnet, and Fiona Greig}
}
