An experimental analysis of the existing differences of productivity across genders

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the connection between productivity and gender by using experimental methods in order to produce the relevant data that is missing. This experiment is based on a principal agent game in which principals offer payments and agents choose a costly level of effort, unobservable to the principal. The experimental findings confirm that, an uncertain outcome activity, females are less productive than males.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Ennasri, Ahmed
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 31.2011, 4, p. 3304-3310
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	Experiment \| Gender \| Productivity \| Principal-agent game

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	C9 - Design of Experiments ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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