We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden … competitive in all tasks and all measures in Colombia. Unlike the consistent results in Colombia, the results in Sweden are mixed … gender gap in Sweden. …

We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9–12 in Colombia and Sweden … competitive in all tasks and all measures in Colombia. Unlike the consistent results in Colombia, the results in Sweden are mixed … gender gap in Sweden. …

some evidence that children cooperate more in Sweden than in Colombia. Girls in Colombia are less cooperative than boys …, whereas our results indicate the opposite gender gap in Sweden. On average, children are more cooperative with boys than with …This paper compares cooperation among Columbian and Swedish children aged 9-12. We illustrate the dynamics of the …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

This study investigates the extent to which gender differences in choosing to enter competitive tournaments are due to … women's lower taste for competition or differences in confidence. We examine three types of confidence and find that … ability, this measure eliminates gender differences in winner-take-all tournaments and, when entered with risk measures …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

they overestimated themselves. Men, however, do not seem to be similarly shame-averse. This gender difference may be due to … explain recent findings that women shy away from competition, demanding jobs and wage negotiations, as entering these …

compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …. The gender gap in willingness to compete is essentially zero among the lowest-ability students, but increases steadily …