this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is …

attributed the majority of the gender gap to gender differences in a separate 'competitiveness' trait. We re-examine this result …. While part of this effect may be explained by gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence, previous studies have … using a novel experimental technique that allows us to separate competitiveness from alternative explanations by …

experiment, we disentangle the roles of gender, field of study, and task difficulty in promotion application decisions. Our study … that previously reported gender differences in confidence are present only between STEM field students. The results also …The gender wage gap is to a significant extent driven by gender-based job segregation. One of the potential culprits …

I investigate whether two mechanisms leading to biased beliefs about success, overconfidence and competition neglect … making their decision. Second, I vary whether the competition group consists of all potential competitors or only of … are no significant gender differences. …

A recent literature emphasizes the importance of the gender gap in willingness to compete as a partial explanation for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. However, whereas experiments investigating willingness to compete typically do … image concerns. If such image concerns are important, we should expect public observability to further exacerbate the gender …

We study spatially differentiated competition between charities by partnering with two foodbanks in two neighboring … cities to conduct a field experiment with roughly 350 donation appeals. We induce spatial differentiation by varying the … spatially differentiated competition is characterized by sorting, crowding-in, and an absence of spillovers: Donors sort …

device in the form of a moneybox with a regular savings plan. In our randomized field experiment, we also provide … robust link between financial confidence and savings behavior. In particular, the savings of underconfident individuals are …

representative sample. Consistent with theoretical predictions, our findings indicate that excessive confidence in one's judgment is …

competition affect agents' performance? In a real-effort laboratory experiment, we study a one-time increase in incentives in a …