In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and … experiment. Our findings shed new light on why women may be less inclined to pursue competition-intensive careers. … explain more of the variation in behavior for women, and account for about half of the gender performance gap in our …

We design an experiment to examine whether egalitarian preferences, and in particular, behindness aversion as well as … related to preference for favorable inequality, with significant gender differences in the impact of these distributional … characteristics to vary by gender, the pure gender effect is explained away. We find that gender gaps in distributional preferences …

We design an experiment to examine whether egalitarian preferences, and in particular, behindness aversion as well as … related to preference for favourable inequality, with significant gender differences in the impact of these distributional … characteristics to vary by gender, the pure gender effect is explained away. We find that gender gaps in distributional preferences …

environments. In particular, men are more willing than women to compete. We investigate whether it is possible to reduce the gender … about the potential earnings implications. We find that this simple information intervention reduced the gender gap, both in …

explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … 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 …

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 …

explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … 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 …

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

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

explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … 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 …