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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations: causal evidence from a mentoring intervention
Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021
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 … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651717
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Performance Pay and Multidimensional Sorting - Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - 2011
. In addition personal attitudes such as willingness to take risks and relative self-assessment as well as gender affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334140
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Performance pay and multidimensional sorting : productivity, preferences and gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - 2011
. In addition personal attitudes such as willingness to take risks and relative self-assessment as well as gender affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009012616
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Performance pay and multi-dimensional sorting : productivity, preferences and gender
Dohmen, Thomas (contributor); Falk, Armin (contributor) - 2006
preferences, gender and personality. We also elicit self-reported measures of work effort, stress and exhaustion. Our main … into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender … different abilities, preferences, self-assessments, gender and personalities. -- personnel economics ; sorting ; incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289888
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Performance Pay and Multi-Dimensional Sorting : Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas J. - 2006
preferences, gender and personality. We also elicit self-reported measures of work effort, stress and exhaustion. Our main … into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender … different abilities, preferences, self-assessments, gender and personalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780523
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The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations : Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention
Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2022
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 … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084044
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The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations : Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention
Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021
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 … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314018
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Self-Confidence and Search
Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Standard search theory assumes that individuals know, with certainty, how they compare to competing searchers in terms of ability. In contrast, we hypothesize that searchers are uncertain about relative ability, with important implications for search behavior. We test our hypotheses in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762322
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Relationship of gender differences in preferences to economic development and gender equality
Falk, Armin; Hermle, Johannes - 2018
differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six … to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity as well as trust. Gender differences in preferences … were positively related to economic development and gender equality. This suggests that greater availability of and equal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959917
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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations : causal evidence from a mentoring intervention
Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021
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 … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012666016