Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … 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 …

schemes: piece rate and a winner-take-all tournament. We introduce social incentives by informing individuals that 50% of … social incentives, women increase their performance by approximately 23% and 27% in the piece rate and tournament payment …

contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we ask: How does gender affect how individuals react to competition against …Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however …, the bulk of the research addresses competition with others and excludes other economically relevant competition that may …

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. … explain more of the variation in behavior for women, and account for about half of the gender performance gap in our …

social norms whose nature and origin we discuss. -- competition ; tournament ; piece rate ; gender ; risk-aversion ; relative … such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than …

We study the differences in behavior of males and females in a two-player tournament with sabotage in a controlled lab … experiment. Implementing a real-effort design and a principal who is paid based on the agent s output, we find that males and … significantly more sabotage leading to an on average higher winning probability but not to higher profits. If the gender of the …

This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and … without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer … sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging women to enter tournaments and reversing gender pay gaps. Moreover …