We assess the predictive power of two measures of competitiveness for education and labor market outcomes using a large … are strong and consistent predictors of income, occupation, completed level of education and field of study. The … that of the other traits. Gender differences in competitiveness can explain 5-10 percent of the observed gender differences …

Women are often less willing than men to compete, even in tasks where there is no gender gap in performance. Also, many … explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … voluntary competition. We find that while the mandatory competition does increase stress levels, there is no gender difference …

We conduct three lab experiments and use field data from the Dutch Math Olympiad to study how the gender gap in … experiment, we show that the gender difference in the reaction to losing is not present when winning and losing are random rather …

compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … existing evidence comes from the top of the education and talent distribution. In this study, we use incentivized choices from … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …

I study how gender differences in willingness to compete evolve over time in response to experience. Participants in a … appearance of a significant gender gap in competitiveness even among those who are initially willing to compete. This gender … further increase the gender gap in willingness to compete as men who initially choose not to compete react more strongly to …

Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The … experimental gender literature suggests several plausible behavioral explanations behind these differences, relating to gender … gender difference in average chosen tax rates in the performance conditions. We find that this gender difference is mainly …

contraceptives to determine the importance of sex hormones in explaining gender differences in competitiveness. Participants in a … of progesterone on competitiveness and our results therefore provide a partial biological explanation for gender …