evidence for statistical discrimination in the standard no-competition setup of Coate and Loury (1993). When we introduce … competition between workers of different groups, the non-discrimination equilibrium ceases to be stable. In line with this … theoretical observation, we find systematic discrimination in the experimental treatment with competition. Nevertheless, a …

oneself (self-competition), similar to what is found when competing against others (other-competition). In one laboratory and … confidence and suggest that these factors can account for the different findings. Finally, we document that self-competition does … no worse than other-competition in terms of performance boosting …

evidence for statistical discrimination in the standard no-competition setup of Coate and Loury (1993). When we introduce … competition between workers of different groups, the non-discrimination equilibrium ceases to be stable. In line with this … theoretical observation, we find systematic discrimination in the experimental treatment with competition. Nevertheless, a …

through self-assessment) to taking part in a mandatory competition predict individual willingness to participate in a … voluntary competition. We find that while the mandatory competition does increase stress levels, there is no gender difference … correlated with choosing to enter the voluntary competition for women. In Experiment 2 we exogenously induce stress using the …

teamwork post competition. Affirmative action with uncertain favored groups does not distort belief in competence, and thus … does not induce such unintended consequences. In contrast, it increases competition entry of the affirmed groups and …