environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender … differences in performance in four distinct competitive situations. These were as follows: (i) the standard tournament game where …

In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and … experiment. Our findings shed new light on why women may be less inclined to pursue competition-intensive careers. …

This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. Subjects … rate, a tournament or a revenue-sharing scheme. We find that output is higher in the variable pay schemes (piece rate …, tournament, and revenue sharing) compared to the fixed payment scheme. This difference is largely driven by productivity sorting …

Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …