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In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and … explain more of the variation in behavior for women, and account for about half of the gender performance gap in our … experiment. Our findings shed new light on why women may be less inclined to pursue competition-intensive careers. …
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, and differential responses to luck account for about half of the gender performance gap in our experiment. These findings … help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select … into tournaments at a lower rate than men. -- Behavioral preferences ; real effort experiment ; gender differences ; gender …
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, and differential responses to luck account for about half of the gender performance gap in our experiment. These findings … help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141427
In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and … explain more of the variation in behavior for women, and account for about half of the gender performance gap in our … experiment. Our findings shed new light on why women may be less inclined to pursue competition-intensive careers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094575
norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market … consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices … regimes outlined above. In particular we investigate gender differences in competitive choices for different birth cohorts in …
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they overestimated themselves. Men, however, do not seem to be similarly shame-averse. This gender difference may be due to … explain recent findings that women shy away from competition, demanding jobs and wage negotiations, as entering these …
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they overestimated themselves. Men, however, do not seem to be similarly shame-averse. This gender difference may be due to … explain recent findings that women shy away from competition, demanding jobs and wage negotiations, as entering these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403565
A recent literature emphasizes the importance of the gender gap in willingness to compete as a partial explanation for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. However, whereas experiments investigating willingness to compete typically do … image concerns. If such image concerns are important, we should expect public observability to further exacerbate the gender …
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A recent literature emphasizes the importance of the gender gap in willingness to compete as a partial explanation for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. However, whereas experiments investigating willingness to compete typically do … image concerns. If such image concerns are important, we should expect public observability to further exacerbate the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011674139
A recent literature emphasizes the importance of the gender gap in willingness to compete as a partial explanation for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. However, whereas experiments investigating willingness to compete typically do … image concerns. If such image concerns are important, we should expect public observability to further exacerbate the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705210