Gender differences in lying

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Gender differences in lying in sender-receiver games: A meta-analysis (2017, result): “This result was successfully replicated in some studies (Friesen & Gangadharan, 2012; Capraro, Schulz & Rand, 2018) but not in others (Childs, 2012; Capraro & Peltola, 2018), which found no gender di erences in the context of black lies.”
Let’s be honest: A review of experimental evidence of honesty and truth-telling (2014, background): “…different experimental tasks suggests that economists are more inclined to act dishonestly for monetary gain than their non-economist counterparts (Childs, 2012; Lewis et al., 2012; Lundquist et al., 2009), corroborating prior experimental studies that, because of their training, economists are…”
Revisiting gender differences: What we know and what lies ahead☆ (2015, background): “Childs (2012) argues that men may respond quite uniformly to opportunity costs of lying that emphasize personal gain, but women may weigh the relative costs of altruism and personal gain.”
Gender Differences in Honesty: The Role of Social Value Orientation (2017, background): “Although, the literature predominately finds that men cheat significantly more, some studies find no gender differences (e.g., Childs, 2012; Djawadi and Fahr, 2015).”
Does telling white lies signal pro-social preferences? (2015, methodology): “Yet, Childs (2012) failed to replicate this gender effect using a very similar design to that in Dreber and Johannesson (2008).”