市场营销学系学术讲座

   间:12月28日(周二)下午15:40

地   点:思源楼624室

主   题:The Impact of Peer Effects in a Multicultural Environment 

主讲人:左雪静 博士

主持人:殷云露 青年副研究员

摘  要: Many studies find that women are more risk averse than men. Why does such a gender gap exist, and how malleable is this gender gap in risk aversion? The paper takes advantage of a rare setting in which children of the matrilineal Mosuo and the traditionally patriarchal Han attend the same schools in Yunnan, China to shed light on these questions. In particular, we exploit the fact that children would experience a shock in gender norms when they start to intermingle with children from other ethnic groups with the opposite gender norms at school. Using survey and field experiments, we elicit risk attitudes from Mosuo and Han elementary and middle school students. We find that, at the time when they first enter school, Mosuo and Han children exhibit opposite gender norms—Mosuo girls take more risks than Mosuo boys, while Han girls are more risk averse than Han boys, reflecting cultural differences. However, after Mosuo students spend more time with Han students, Mosuo girls become more and more risk averse. By age 11, Mosuo girls are also more risk averse than Mosuo boys. We also observe a shrinking gap in risk aversion for Han over time. Using random roommate assignment for boarding middle school students, we find Mosuo boys who have fewer Mosuo roommates behave more similarly to Han boys. This shows that risk preferences are shaped by culture and malleable in response to new environments.

主讲人简介:左雪静,复旦大学经济学院讲师,China Economic Review 杂志副编辑。美国休斯顿大学经济学博士毕业(2018)。主要研究领域为劳动经济学、实验经济学以及中国经济。特别关注性别平等问题。主要研究成果发表在美国国家科学院院刊(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019)、经济与统计评论(The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021)。主持国家自然科学基金青年项目(2021-2023)。

 

市场营销学系

2021-12-23