Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender … differences in performance in four distinct competitive situations. These were as follows: (i) the standard tournament game where …

schemes: piece rate and a winner-take-all tournament. We introduce social incentives by informing individuals that 50% of … social incentives, women increase their performance by approximately 23% and 27% in the piece rate and tournament payment …

academia have been partially explained by competitive pressures , which suggests a link between competition and cheating. In … our experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their … no overall sex difference in cheating. However, the effect of competition on women s cheating behavior is entirely due to …

subject belief about winning and aversion for competition. …

contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we ask: How does gender affect how individuals react to competition against …Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however …, the bulk of the research addresses competition with others and excludes other economically relevant competition that may …