Inertia in partnerships: the role of gender

Wei Bao; Daniel Houser; Yulei Rao; Erte Xiao

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109491

Inertia in partnerships: the role of gender

Wei Bao, Daniel Houser, Yulei Rao, Erte Xiao

Department of Economics

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Abstract

Using a controlled laboratory experiment, we provide rigorous evidence regarding inertia in partnerships. We find people maintain partnerships even when doing so is costly to themselves and brings neither benefits nor costs to their partners. Moreover, we find this effect to be much more pronounced for males than females, suggesting that males incur greater psychological costs of switching partners than do females.

Original language	English
Article number	109491
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	196
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109491
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

Keywords

Experimental design
Gender difference
Inertia
Partner choice

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