observe gender imbalances in labor markets: men are more competitively inclined than women. Whether, and to what extent, such … preferences yield differences in naturally-occurring labor market outcomes remains an open issue. We address this question by … exploring job-entry decisions in a natural field experiment where we randomized nearly 7,000 interested job-seekers into …

absence of a common shock, using optimal independent contracts dominates using the optimal tournament. Conversely, if the … distribution of the common shock is sufficiently diffuse, using the optimal tournament dominates using optimal independent … but uses the optimal tournament, does as well as one who can observe the shock and uses independent contracts …

We consider how past, current, and future competition within an elimination tournament affect the probability that the …

first period. However, the male advantage is not found in any subsequent period of competition, or even after a two …-week break from competition. Some evidence suggests that males may actually perform worse than females in later periods. The … analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …

Gender differences in competitiveness are often discussed as a potential explanation for gender differences in … education and labor market outcomes. We correlate an incentivized measure of competitiveness with an important career choice of … of profile choice as gender. More importantly, up to 23 percent of the gender difference in profile choice can be …

, but also on one's rank within gender. Both beliefs on rank and attitudes towards competition change when moving to a more … gender-specific competition. The changes in competitive entry have important implications when assessing the costs of … affirmative action. Based on ex-ante tournament entry affirmative action is predicted to lower the performance requirement for …

” individuals earn 9% more than their less competitive counterparts do. Moreover, gender differences in taste for competition …Using an incentivized measure of test for competition, this paper investigates whether this taste explains subsequent … gender differences in earnings and industry choice in a sample of high-ability MBA graduates. We find that “competitive …

We design a laboratory experiment to investigate bilateral link formation in a setting where payoffs are pair …