of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

-rate remuneration and a winner-takes-all competition. At the end of each round, those who compete get feedback on the competition … appearance of a significant gender gap in competitiveness even among those who are initially willing to compete. This gender …

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 … differences in competitiveness. We consider three possible indirect pathways through which sex hormones could affect …

measure the competitiveness of gay, lesbian and straight panel members. For differences in competitiveness to partially … more competitive than other women. Our findings confirm this competitiveness hypothesis for men, but not for women. Gay men … data, we show that competitiveness is a significant predictor of earnings. Differences in competitiveness can account for a …

explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … through self-assessment) to taking part in a mandatory competition predict individual willingness to participate in a … voluntary competition. We find that while the mandatory competition does increase stress levels, there is no gender difference …

explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … through self-assessment) to taking part in a mandatory competition predict individual willingness to participate in a … voluntary competition. We find that while the mandatory competition does increase stress levels, there is no gender difference …

We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness … and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more … between the competitiveness of mothers and their daughters, but not between the competitiveness of mothers and their sons …