The gender gap in competitiveness is argued to explain gender differences in later life outcomes, including career … choices and the gender wage gap. In experimental settings, a prevalent explanation attributes this gap to males being more … confidence contributing to the gender gap in competitiveness (the preference channel). To disentangle the two channels, we …

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 …

this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is …

this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is …

this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is …

gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10–12), 310 teenagers … Daily Double wagering decisions. We identify no noticeable gender differences in our competitive measures throughout all … three samples, but this result changes when considering risk-taking. Although we identify no gender differences in wagering …

competition aversion for generating gender wage gaps. Cross-subject design treatment and control experiments suggest that gender … each period. The gender wage gap contribution of gender differences in competition aversion compared with the contribution …Laboratory experiments involving a real effort task are conducted to examine the importance of gender differences in …

show that the gender difference in competitiveness is partially explained by the arousal of sex hormones in Experiment 1 … after performing under both schemes. We examine whether the well-replicated gender difference in competitiveness elicited … and is reduced by introducing a resting period in Experiment 2. Our results suggest that mitigating visceral influences is …

environments. In particular, men are more willing than women to compete. We investigate whether it is possible to reduce the gender … about the potential earnings implications. We find that this simple information intervention reduced the gender gap, both in …

We examine gender differences in competitiveness, using a TV game show where the winner of an elimination competition … plays a game of chance worth hundreds of thousands of euros. At several stages of the competition, contestants face a choice … entirely from women avoiding competition against men. When the decision to compete is strategic and contestants should factor …