Gender differences in mate selection: Evidence from a speed dating experiment
Gender differences in mate selection: Evidence from a speed dating experiment
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DOI：
10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.673
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
影响因子：
13.7
通讯作者：
Simonson, Itamar
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作者：
Fisman, Raymond;Iyengar, Sheena S.;Simonson, Itamar
我们使用快速约会实验的数据来研究约会行为，在这个实验中，我们随机配对对象，并在潜在伴侣的数量上随机变化。我们的设计允许我们直接观察个人的决定，而不仅仅是最终的比赛。女性更看重伴侣的智力和种族，而男性则更看重外表的吸引力。此外，当女性的智力或抱负超过他们自己时，男人就不会看重她们。此外，我们发现女性更喜欢在富裕社区长大的男性。最后，雄性的选择性与群体规模无关，而雌性的选择性则随着群体规模的增加而显著增加。
We study dating behavior using data from a Speed Dating experiment where we generate random matching of subjects and create random variation in the number of potential partners. Our design allows us to directly observe individual decisions rather than just final matches. Women put greater weight on the intelligence and the race of partner, while men respond more to physical attractiveness. Moreover, men do not value women's intelligence or ambition when it exceeds their own. Also, we find that women exhibit a preference for men who grew up in affluent neighborhoods. Finally, male selectivity is invariant to group size, while female selectivity is strongly increasing in group size.