In a laboratory experiment, we show that subjects incorporate irrelevant group information into their evaluations of … equally well as individuals from better performing groups. Our experiment leaves room neither for statistical nor taste …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … women. Women are mainly influenced by their degree of risk aversion, but men are not. Men compete more against men than … against women, but compete against women who are thought to compete. The behavior of men seems primarily to be influenced by …

for search behavior. We test our hypotheses in a laboratory experiment. The first main finding is that people are …, at the end of the experiment a substantial fraction turn down the chance to learn their exact rank. These are … are uncertain even in the simple setting of our experiment, our evidence strongly suggests that uncertainty about ability …

Gender stereotypes are well established also among women. Yet, a recent literature suggests that learning from other …. To further explore this channel, we design a randomized survey experiment, in which 1500 Italian women aged 20 to 40 are … women experience about the effects of maternal employment on children outcomes may increase female labor force participation …

differences in gender identity between men and women. We find little evidence of any systematic gender differences in the … particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework may be explained by differences in preferences deriving from …

Are women disproportionately attracted to work environments where cooperation rather than competition is rewarded? This … observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less pessimistic about … paper reports the results of a real-effort experiment in which participants choose between an individual compensation scheme …

into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender …This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. In a first … preferences, gender and personality. We also elicit self-reported measures of work effort, stress and exhaustion. Our main …

Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences …