The underrepresentation of women at the top of hierarchies is often explained by gender differences in preferences. We … characterized by self-selection into an uncertain, competitive and male-dominated environment. We observe gender differences in … away" makes female players less successful: despite no gender gap in playing skills, women accumulate lower scores than men …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … social norms whose nature and origin we discuss. -- competition ; tournament ; piece rate ; gender ; risk-aversion ; relative … ability ; experiment …

In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we … ; menstrual cycle ; gender ; likelihood of conception ; first price auction ; risk behavior ; competition ; bidding …