I study how gender differences in willingness to compete evolve over time in response to experience. Participants in a … lab experiment perform the same real-effort task over several rounds. In each round, they have to choose between piece … appearance of a significant gender gap in competitiveness even among those who are initially willing to compete. This gender …

experiment, we show that the gender difference in the reaction to losing is not present when winning and losing are random rather …We conduct three lab experiments and use field data from the Dutch Math Olympiad to study how the gender gap in … experiment, we show that men are more likely than women to start and keep competing after receiving positive feedback. In a third …

I study how gender differences in willingness to compete evolve over time in response to experience. Participants in a … lab experiment perform the same real-effort task over several rounds. In each round, they have to choose between piece … appearance of a significant gender gap in competitiveness even among those who are initially willing to compete. This gender …

experiment, we show that the gender difference in the reaction to losing is not present when winning and losing are random rather …We conduct three lab experiments and use field data from the Dutch Math Olympiad to study how the gender gap in … experiment, we show that men are more likely than women to start and keep competing after receiving positive feedback. In a third …

off. Moreover, in both pay schemes information feedback reduces the quality of the low performers’ work. …

receiving negative feedback. The gender differential is stronger in high stakes matches. On the other hand, when players are … tied in the third set we do not find any gender difference in players' reactions: this suggests that females do not tend to …

there are no significant gender differences. …

off. Moreover, in both pay schemes information feedback reduces the quality of the low performers’ work. …

are no significant gender differences. …

regarding relative performance, on the behavior of agents working on an effort provision task for a flat wage. Agents work … mainly due to the fight for dominance at the top of the hierarchy. Hence, in environments where monetary incentives are weak …