might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. -- Tournament ; piece-rate ; gender ; 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 …

tournament in VR, we are able to mitigate the reflection problem, which usually undermines research on dynamic interaction … output. We observe that the subjects' performance is highest in a homogeneous tournament, i.e., when they compete against an … peer effects rather than by tournament incentives. We extensively track the behavior of subjects and the particular …

We show that choices in competitive behavior may entail a gender wage gap. In our experi ments, employees first choose … a remuneration scheme (competitive tournament vs. piece rate) and then conduct a real-effort task. Employers know the … pie size the employee has generated, the remuneration scheme chosen, and the employee's gender. Employers then decide how …

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 …

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 …

, and differential responses to luck account for about half of the gender performance gap in our experiment. These findings … into tournaments at a lower rate than men. -- Behavioral preferences ; real effort experiment ; gender differences ; gender … gap ; competition ; competition aversion ; tournament ; luck ; win ; loss ; narrow framing …

television quiz show. We find there is a gender gap in performance - in favour of boys - across episodes of the quiz show. To … of the game. We find that there are no gender gaps when stress is kept to a minimum - that is, in games without fastest …-finger buzzer, knock-outs or penalties. However, in games with these features, there are significant gender gaps. In addition, we …

Tournament competitiveness and predictability of outcomes are inversely related. We introduce a new measure of … Association (WTA), we study gender-differentiated competitiveness or predictability and its dependence on prize money. Men's GST …

, and differential responses to luck account for about half of the gender performance gap in our experiment. These findings … help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select …

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 …