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Gender differences in willingness to compete : the role of culture and institutions
Booth, Alison L.; Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Zhang, Dandan - 2016
In the laboratory experiment reported in this paper we explore how evolving institutions and social norms, which we … consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581634
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Affirmative action and team performance
Kölle, Felix - 2016
We experimentally investigate spillover effects of affirmative action policies in tournaments on subsequent team performance and the willingness to work in teams. In three different team environments, we find that such policies in form of gender quotas do not harm performance and cooperation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588562
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How Competitive are Female Professionals? A Tale of Identity Conflict
Cadsby, C. Bram; Servatka, Maros; Song, Fei - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2011
and chose between piece-rate and competitive-tournament compensation. Identity priming, moderated by gender, significantly … driven not by lack of ability, but rather by the increased salience of gender/family identity, influenced by marriage and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275558
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Gender differences in honesty : groups versus individuals
Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas - 2014
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404039
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Gender differences in honesty : groups versus individuals
Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas - 2014
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412393
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Gender preference gaps and voting for redistribution
Ranehill, Eva; Weber, Roberto A. - 2021 - Revised version, December 2021
preferences requires an improved understanding. We conduct an experiment in which individuals in small laboratory "societies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815445
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Gender and psychological pressure in competitive environments
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick - 2021
environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485925
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Donations, risk attitudes and time preferences : a study on altruism in primary school children
Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; … - 2015
a prisoner's dilemma game affects behavior and leads to discrimination. Running a framed field experiment with 828 six …
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Gender differences in responsiveness to a homo economicus prime in the gift-exchange game
Mertins, Vanessa; Warning, Susanne - 2013
differences in responsiveness to a homo economicus prime in a gift-exchange experiment with 113 participants. We observed gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751798
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How uncertainty and ambiguity in tournaments affect gender differences in competitive behavior
Balafoutas, Loukas; Davis, Brent J.; Sutter, Matthias - 2017
uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be studied in a controlled lab experiment. We … present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but where the number of winners is either uncertain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011719839