There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as men do and are less willing to enter a competition … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors … those women who do not choose competitive incentives "know" that they should not. …

patriarchic as well as in modern societies? We experimentally assess men's and women's preferences to compete in a traditional … society where women and men have similar rights and entitlements alongside a patriarchic and a matrilineal society which have … inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …