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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 …
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gender differences. Individualistic men cheat more than all social types of both gender. …
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findings of gender differences in charitable giving may be explained by risk-tolerant women donating more. …
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gender differences, i.e., men cheat significantly more than women. We detect a novel correlation between subjects' magnitude … gender differences we observe. First, we find that the distribution of social value orientation differs between gender, i … the gender differential disappears. …
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Leaders often have to weigh ethical against monetary consequences. Such situations may evoke psychological costs from being dishonest and dismissing higher monetary benefits for others. In a within-subjects experiment, we analyze such a dilemma. We first measure individual dishonest behavior...
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Leaders often have to weigh ethical against monetary consequences. Such situations may evoke psychological costs from being dishonest and dismissing higher monetary benefits for others. In a within-subjects experiment, we analyze such a dilemma. We first measure individual dishonest behavior...
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This paper studies motivational crowding-out effects after financial incentives are lowered. In a real-effort setting, workers receive a piece rate before financial incentives are substituted by a one-time payment. Under the fixed payment, effort is significantly lower only when preceded by...
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effect with male dictators, who generally exhibit more sefish behavior. -- Gender ; Reciprocity ; Dictator Game ; Real Effort …
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This paper analyzes gender differences in access to competitive positions. We implement an experiment where workers can … apply for a job promotion by sending a signal to their employer. We control for gender differences in anticipation of … where workers cannot send signals. We find that gender disparity among promoted workers is highest when workers can apply …
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The disposition effect is a well-established phenomenon which describes the behavior of investors that are more willing to sell capital gains than capital losses. In this article we present experimental evidence on a situation where an investor decides on behalf of another person. In our...
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