public. In line with the competitive altruism hypothesis, a biology-based explanation for status-seeking behavior, especially …

hierarchical systems. This paper combines social status and norm enforcement, by introducing status in a dictator game with third … party punishment. Status is conveyed by surname; half of the third parties face dictators with a noble name and half face … dictators with a common name. Receivers all have common names. We find that social status has an impact on behavior. Our results …

, preserving her virtue increases a woman's chances of marrying a high-status husband, and therefore allows for upward social … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender … differences, social status and stratification, and overall economic development. …

This study examines the moderating effects of national female labor force participation, women in sport leadership … leadership positions in sport organizations. The likelihood of women volunteering in sport is significantly higher in countries …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations … clearly indicate that these differences cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. Nevertheless …

on behalf of the group. We also present several results on the relationship of risk-taking and leadership decisions with …

. Neuroticism explains the within-gender variance in individual risk-taking among women, who are on average more risk-averse than …

This study investigates experimentally whether people in retrospective are self-aware that they engage in status … self-awareness about status-seeking behavior that is robust to increased belief compensation. We also found that subjects … expected others to be as status-seeking as they are themselves or even less. …

This paper shows how a firm can use non-targeted advertising to exploit consumers' desire for social status. A … goods signals. If concern for status is sufficiently high, then the firm will only place a single variety on the market. …

of them can also be used to display social status and to affect the position of an individual in society. This paper … addresses the question under which circum-stances status-seeking behaviour may lead to permanent economic growth in a simple … model. The protestant ethic is interpreted as a special case of status-seeking behaviour. It is shown that societies …