provision in rank-order tournaments. I extend the previous literature to team competitions for male and female teams, as well as …

Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however … contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we ask: How does gender affect how individuals react to competition against … themselves? In a laboratory experiment in which some subjects compete against others and some compete against themselves, we find …

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 …