We study the differences in behavior of males and females in a two-player tournament with sabotage in a controlled lab … experiment. Implementing a real-effort design and a principal who is paid based on the agent s output, we find that males and … significantly more sabotage leading to an on average higher winning probability but not to higher profits. If the gender of the …

Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender … differences in performance in four distinct competitive situations. These were as follows: (i) the standard tournament game where …

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

Workplace tournaments are one likely contributor to gender differences in labor market outcomes. Relative to men, women … environment that may produce more gender-neutral outcomes: tournaments with safeguards. In our experiments, participants take part … in a tournament with a real effort task and choose whether they want to have a complimentary safeguard that guarantees …

contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we ask: How does gender affect how individuals react to competition against …Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however …, the bulk of the research addresses competition with others and excludes other economically relevant competition that may …

contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we ask: How does gender affect how individuals react to competition against …Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however …, the bulk of the research addresses competition with others and excludes other economically relevant competition that may …

experimental design. In contrast to the literature, the results from our experiment imply that the whole gender gap is driven by …. While part of this effect may be explained by gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence, previous studies have … attributed the majority of the gender gap to gender differences in a separate 'competitiveness' trait. We re-examine this result …

We ran a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain consisting of 128 stores. In a random sample of these stores, we … growth, but only in stores where the store's manager and a large fraction of the employees have the same gender. Remarkably … tournament. Lastly, despite the substantial variation in team size, we find no evidence for free-riding. …

our interpretation. -- Competition, piece rate ; revenue sharing ; gender-task stereotype ; experiment … comes to preferences regarding competition. We take a different point of view and claim that gender-task stereotypes are … able to explain a large part of the under-representation of women in tournament like environments. We conduct an experiment …

Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences …