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 …

similar numbers otherwise. In a separate survey experiment, gender-neutral language in ads increases interest and beliefs …Gendered-grammar languages like Spanish are spoken by 39% of the world's population. In a field experiment in … partnership with a Spanish-speaking online platform for technology positions, ads randomly selected to use gender-neutral language …

differ only in their gender. Jobs recommended uniquely to the male and female profiles in a pair differ modestly in their … more stereotypically female content than men's. Using our experimental design, we can conclude that these gender gaps are … generated primarily by content-based matching algorithms that use the worker's declared gender as a direct input. Action …

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

success in the tournament. Finally, we find that cheating/fudging on the experiment responds to the level of inequality and …This paper examines performance in a tournament setting with different levels of inequality in rewards and different … provision of information about individual's skill at the task prior to the tournament. We find that that total tournament output …

We argue that inter-jurisdictional competition in a regionally decentralized authoritarian regime distorts local … politicians' incentives in resource allocation among firms from their own city and a competing city. We develop a tournament model … presence of regional spillover and the incentive for political competition leads to biased resource allocations against the …

" 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 …

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 …