We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden …

adults. We test if reciprocal behavior exists already among children 3-8 years old. Three simple anonymous allocation games … are conducted with 242 children. In a first stage, half of the children decide whether to give a bag of raisin to another … second stage the roles are reversed between the two children to test for reciprocal behavior. We find reciprocal behavior in …

competitiveness in children, with the premise that both culture and gendered stereotypes regarding the task at hand may influence … competitive behavior. A related field experiment on Israeli children shows that only boys react to competition by running faster … when competing in a race. We here test if there is a gender gap in running among 7-10 year old Swedish children. We also …