Men are known to have a higher taste for competition than women. This paper presents an experiment that analyses the … different determinants of the choice to enter a competition : beliefs and the competition level. As far as entry in the … competition is concerned, low-performing subjects adapt their decision entry to the level of the competition, whereas high …

An important line of recent literature has found gender differences in attitudes toward competition, with men being …. This paper examines the effect of information on the gender gap in tournament entry. We present experimental evidence that … the competitiveness difference between men and women declines significantly when individuals are given performance …

explain recent findings that women shy away from competition, demanding jobs and wage negotiations, as entering these …We analyze how subjects’ self-assessment depends on whether its accuracy is observable to others. We find that women … downgrade their selfassessment given observability while men do not. Women avoid the shame they may have if others observe that …

information exchange, increases employment probabilities of women. However, when accounting for sub-national regional differences …

This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education - entertainment) radio leads to improved women …'s status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in …, both approaches show that the exposure had a significant impact on behavior by raising the women's decision-making power …

experiment in which the shares of females in workgroups for first year students in economics and business are manipulated and … early in the year. Overall, however, we find no substantial gender peer effects on achievement. This in spite of the fact …

published articles from the economics literature on gender and risk aversion. The results demonstrate that the supposedly â …

published articles from the economics literature on gender and risk aversion. The results demonstrate that the supposedly â …

the probability of employment for women – contradicting the Becker (1957)-hypothesis of international competition … mitigating discrimination in employment. However, accounting for sub-national regional gender heterogeneity reveals that the …

In a laboratory experiment, we show that subjects incorporate irrelevant group information into their evaluations of … equally well as individuals from better performing groups. Our experiment leaves room neither for statistical nor taste …