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Male and Female Competitive Behavior: Experimental Evidence
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703512
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Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. In a first step we elicit subjects’ productivity levels. Subjects then face the choice between a fixed or a variable payment scheme. Depending on the treatment, the variable payment is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703774
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Gender Differences and Dynamics in Competition: The Role of Luck
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557222
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Information and Competition Entry
Ewers, Mara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … failure, where competition failure occurs when a subject loses the competition because the opponent holds a higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279246
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Gender and Competition: Evidence from Jumping Competitions
Böheim, René; Lackner, Mario - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We analyze if female athletes differ from male athletes in their competitive behavior, using data from high jump and pole vault competitions. We estimate if female athletes use risky strategies as often as male athletes and whether or not their returns to risky strategies differ. Returns to...
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Updating, Self-Confidence and Discrimination
Albrecht, Konstanze; Von Essen, Emma; Parys, Juliane; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In a laboratory experiment, we show that subjects incorporate irrelevant group information into their evaluations of individuals. Individuals from on average worse performing groups receive lower evaluations, even if they are known to perform equally well as individuals from better performing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395436
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Does Competition Enhance Performance or Cheating? A Laboratory Experiment
Schwieren, Christiane; Weichselbaumer, Doris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
academia have been partially explained by “competitive pressures”, which suggests a link between competition and cheating. In … no overall sex difference in cheating. However, the effect of competition on women’s cheating behavior is entirely due to … of an individual to conduct a particular task and not sex that crucially affects the reaction to competition. Poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703336
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The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761877
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Market Orientation and Gender Wage Gaps: An International Study
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Weichselbaumer, Doris; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566797
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Social Networks and Peer Effects at Work
Beugnot, Julie; Fortin, Bernard; Lacroix, Guy; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper extends the standard work effort model by allowing workers to interact through networks. We investigate experimentally whether peer performances and peer contextual effects influence individual performances. Two types of network are considered. Participants in Recursive networks are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960124