We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness … and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …

We propose a management career model where females face a gender-specific career hurdle. We show that female managers … product market competition. When the intensity of product market competition increases, hirings and wages for female managers …

This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and … without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer … sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging women to enter tournaments and reversing gender pay gaps. Moreover …

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications …, combined with competitive job incentives, affects gender equality in the labor market and discuss policy implications. The …

I build an equilibrium investment-and-marriage model to explain stylized facts about education, income, and marriage … theoretical explanation for why women attend college at a higher rate and earn a lower average income than men. Differential … fecundity and an equilibrium marriage market form the basis of my explanation. The model also accounts for gender …

growing evidence on the external relevance of competitiveness by analysing gender differences in the correlation between …In this study, we examine the influence of competitiveness on the stability of labour relations using the example of … competitiveness and labour market success and whether these effects depend on how the students' propensity to compete is measured. By …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

The gender gap in income and leadership positions in many domains of our society is an undisputed pervasive phenomenon … competitive incentives in mixed-gender competition. We use a real effort math task to induce an implicit stereotype threat against … precise mechanisms behind the gender difference in competitive responsiveness are still not fully uncovered. In this paper, we …