  Previous research shows that women are more altruist than men in dictator
game experiments. Yet, little is known whether women are expected to be more
altruist than men. Here we elicit third-parties' beliefs about dictators'
donations conditional on knowing the gender of the dictator. Our data provide
evidence of three main findings: (i) women are expected to be more altruist
than men; (ii) both men and women have correct beliefs about the level of
altruism among men; and (iii) both men and women overestimate the level of
altruism among women. In doing so, our results uncover a perception gap
according to which, although women are more altruist than men, they are
expected to be even more altruist than they actually are.
