The financial consequences of too many men: Sex ratio effects on saving, borrowing, and spending
| Autor: | Joshua M. Ackerman, Andrew W. Delton, Theresa E. Robertson, Vladas Griskevicius, Andrew Edward White, Joshua M. Tybur |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Social & Organizational Psychology, Sloan School of Management, Ackerman, Joshua Maxwell |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Competitive Behavior Adolescent Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making Population Human Males Article Courtship Scarcity Young Adult Interpersonal relationship Sex Factors Reward Humans Interpersonal Relations Sex Ratio education Consumer behaviour media_common Psychological Tests education.field_of_study SDG 5 - Gender Equality Economics Behavioral Evolutionary psychology United States Socioeconomic Factors Female Psychology Social psychology Sex ratio |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 69-80. American Psychological Association Griskevicius, V G, Tybur, J M, Ackerman, J M, Delton, A W & Robertson, T E 2012, ' The financial consequences of too many men: Sex ratio effects on saving, borrowing, and spending ', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 102, pp. 69-80 . https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024761 PMC |
| ISSN: | 0022-3514 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0024761 |
| Popis: | The ratio of males to females in a population is an important factor in determining behavior in animals. We propose that sex ratio also has pervasive effects in humans, such as by influencing economic decisions. Using both historical data and experiments, we examined how sex ratio influences saving, borrowing, and spending in the United States. Findings show that male-biased sex ratios (an abundance of men) lead men to discount the future and desire immediate rewards. Male-biased sex ratios decreased men's desire to save for the future and increased their willingness to incur debt for immediate expenditures. Sex ratio appears to influence behavior by increasing the intensity of same-sex competition for mates. Accordingly, a scarcity of women led people to expect men to spend more money during courtship, such as by paying more for engagement rings. These findings demonstrate experimentally that sex ratio influences human decision making in ways consistent with evolutionary biological theory. Implications for sex ratio effects across cultures are discussed. © 2012 American Psychological Association. |
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