We show that choices in competitive behavior may entail a gender wage gap. In our experi ments, employees first choose … pie size the employee has generated, the remuneration scheme chosen, and the employee's gender. Employers then decide how … the pie will be split, as in a dictator game. Whereas employers do not discriminate by gender when tournaments are chosen …

The underrepresentation of women at the top of hierarchies is often explained by gender differences in preferences. We … characterized by self-selection into an uncertain, competitive and male-dominated environment. We observe gender differences in … playing behavior consistent with women being more averse towards risk and competition. Moreover, we demonstrate how "shying …

We report on two experiments investigating whether there is a gender difference in thewillingness to compete against … oneself (self-competition), similar to what is found whencompeting against others (other-competition). In one laboratory and … one online marketexperiment, involving a total of 1,200 participants, we replicate the gender-gap inwillingness to other …

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. …

We use a controlled experiment widely adopted in the literature to assess the extent of gender differences in attitudes … towards competition in a sample of UK professionals working in two different companies. We find no gender differences in … it is important to avoid generalisations on the presence of gender gaps in attitudes towards competition. This being the …

This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … average, are less likely than men to overestimate their ability. This result is robust to different measures of overconfidence … and can be partly explained by experience. There are no substantial gender differences on the intensive margin of …

these environments and resulting economic consequences. Using a two-stage laboratory experiment, I analyze the role of … remains unaffected. Remarkably, there is no gender gap in tournament performance when there are negative emotions …