Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however … contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we ask: How does gender affect how individuals react to competition against … themselves? In a laboratory experiment in which some subjects compete against others and some compete against themselves, we find …

environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender …Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … where an individual competes against a target based on the previous performance of one anonymised person of unknown gender …

, and differential responses to luck account for about half of the gender performance gap in our experiment. These findings … into tournaments at a lower rate than men. -- Behavioral preferences ; real effort experiment ; gender differences ; gender …

might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. -- Tournament ; piece-rate ; gender ; experiment …Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences …

television quiz show. We find there is a gender gap in performance - in favour of boys - across episodes of the quiz show. To … of the game. We find that there are no gender gaps when stress is kept to a minimum - that is, in games without fastest …-finger buzzer, knock-outs or penalties. However, in games with these features, there are significant gender gaps. In addition, we …

elements in shaping gender differences in preferences. In fact, in matrilineal societies (Gong et al.; 2014; Gneezy et al …

We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other … decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions, free-riding and efficiency concerns for girls. Gender differences are … already established at approximately age 10. They cannot be explained by gender-specific increases in other …

Using an online experiment with 5,762 US participants, we investigate whether individuals who seek competition face … associated with seeking competition violate gender-specific norms. Meanwhile, men encounter a double-edged sword: while seeking …

We ran a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain consisting of 128 stores. In a random sample of these stores, we … growth, but only in stores where the store's manager and a large fraction of the employees have the same gender. Remarkably … tournament. Lastly, despite the substantial variation in team size, we find no evidence for free-riding. -- Field experiment …