Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … striving towards gender equality, this opens up new possibilities for institutionalizing competitive pressure. …

Frauen sind im Durchschnitt seltener bereit, in Wettbewerb mit anderen Personen zu treten als Männer. Dieser Gender Gap … von Frauen und Männern und für weitere Gender Gaps am Arbeitsmarkt. Neue ökonomische Experimente zeigen jedoch, dass …

Correspondence studies are nowadays viewed as the most compelling avenue to test for hiring discrimination. However … of discrimination in America, 1993), namely the bias in their results in case of group differences in the variance of … unobserved determinants of hiring outcomes. In this study, the authors empirically investigate this bias in the context of gender …

In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and … explain more of the variation in behavior for women, and account for about half of the gender performance gap in our … experiment. Our findings shed new light on why women may be less inclined to pursue competition-intensive careers. …

. Maaser, Paetzel and Traub (Games and Economic Behavior, 2019) conducted an experiment to investigate the effect of such … nominal power differences in the classic Baron-Ferejohn model. This paper re-analyzes the data from that experiment, looking … at gender differences in bargaining behavior and in the effect of nominal weights. We find that women and men differ in …

). However, about 30 percent of those who identify as LGBTQI* report experiencing discrimination in their work life, according to … discrimination more frequently in their work life. An LGBTQI*-friendly corporate climate is one of the most important criteria when … LGBTQI* people are picking a future employer. A more LGBTQI*-friendly work environment may reduce short- and long-term labor …

In experimental games, task-related incentives are payments to experimental subjects that vary according to their …-form games under task-related incentives of conventional magnitude and compared them with choices and reasons in the same games … under incentives five times as large. Both strategy choices and self-reported reasons for choices were almost …