This paper analyses the relationship between workers’ gender and monetary incentives in an experimental setting based … results show that women tend to shy away from competition, and are less sensitive than men to the monetary incentives of the …

This paper analyses the relationship between workers' gender and monetary incentives in an experimental setting based … results show that women tend to shy away from competition, and are less sensitive than men to the monetary incentives of the …

We report on two experiments investigating whether there is a gender difference in thewillingness to compete against … one online marketexperiment, involving a total of 1,200 participants, we replicate the gender-gap inwillingness to other …-compete but find no evidence of a gender difference in the willingnessto self-compete. We explore the roles of risk and confidence …

Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … striving towards gender equality, this opens up new possibilities for institutionalizing competitive pressure. …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …

We report on two experiments investigating whether there is a gender difference in thewillingness to compete against … one online marketexperiment, involving a total of 1,200 participants, we replicate the gender-gap inwillingness to other …-compete but find no evidence of a gender difference in the willingnessto self-compete. We explore the roles of risk and confidence …

Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … striving towards gender equality, this opens up new possibilities for institutionalizing competitive pressure. …

We show that choices in competitive behavior may entail a gender wage gap. In our experi ments, employees first choose … pie size the employee has generated, the remuneration scheme chosen, and the employee's gender. Employers then decide how … the pie will be split, as in a dictator game. Whereas employers do not discriminate by gender when tournaments are chosen …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …

This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. Subjects …. In addition personal attitudes such as willingness to take risks and relative self-assessment as well as gender affect …