. While it is hard to measure how this uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be …. Men also increase their willingness to enter competition in the presence of ambiguity. Overall, both effects contribute to … men winning the tournament significantly more often than women under uncertainty and ambiguity. These findings suggest …

This paper assesses the impact of product market competition on job instability as proxied by the use of fixed … Strategies Survey, I show that job instability rises with competition. In particular, a one standard deviation increase in … competition in an economic sector decreases the probability that a fixed-term worker gets an open-ended contract within that …