Dreber, Anna; Essen, Emma; Ranehill, Eva - In: Experimental Economics 17 (2014) 1, pp. 154-172
We look at gender differences among adolescents in Sweden in preferences for competition, altruism and risk. For … competitiveness, we explore two different tasks that differ in associated stereotypes. We find no gender difference in competitiveness … a mathematical task. This gender gap diminishes and becomes non-significant when we control for actual performance …