inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …Can gender-balanced social norms mitigate the gender differences in competitiveness that are observed in traditional … patriarchic as well as in modern societies? We experimentally assess men's and women's preferences to compete in a traditional …

We study the gender gap in a competitive environment by exploiting the “naturalistic experiment” of a TV game show with … self-selected participants and no gender-specific constraints nor discrimination. Games consist of multiple rounds where … round. Women earn 40% less than men and exit the game at a faster rate, but especially when in a minority. This latter …

with salivary progesterone when controlling for gender, the use of hormonal contraceptives, and demographics. This also … ; Gender ; Competition ; Aggression ; Dominance ; Risk-taking ; Endocrinological economics …

How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle … unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a significant decrease in subsequent tournament entry. However, when the … prior tournament is unfair, i.e., a loss is no longer necessarily based on merit, women are more discouraged than men. These …