Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to inherent gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions … that segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women …

Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions of power … segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women in the …

voluntary cooperation in team production. Our experimental data suggest an indirect and gender-specific link: Overconfident men …

Using a between-subjects design, this experiment compared the effect of competitive and cooperative work in the lab on … output contributed more on average than individuals in tournament competitions, but this difference was driven by females …, competition, or group pay, females who chose group pay gave the most in the public good task. Females' choices were more …

We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other … decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions, free-riding and efficiency concerns for girls. Gender differences are … already established at approximately age 10. They cannot be explained by gender-specific increases in other …

contributions, neither culture nor gender has any significant impact on the equilibrium selected, the amount contributed or the … provision success rate. Nonetheless, culture and gender do affect behavior. Japanese females coordinate significantly less … public goods ; gender ; culture ; free-riding …

incentives to compete are strong. -- Intergroup competition ; cooperation ; public goods ; experiment …We test if cooperation is promoted by rank-order competition between groups in which all groups can be ranked first, i ….e. when everyone can be a winner. This type of rank-order competition has the advantage that it can eliminate the negative …