Endogenously emerging gender pay gap in an xperimental teamwork setting

Artikel

We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (N = 168, 84 women and 84 men) chose whether to perform a cooperative task only with members of the own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We found that independent of the choice of team, in the initial period, men contributed significantly more to the team projects than women. Men preferred the successful men-only teams in the subsequent periods, resulting in significantly higher profits for men compared to women. This endogenously emerging 'gender pay gap' only closed over time.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Games ; ISSN: 2073-4336 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 1-19 ; Basel: MDPI

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: gender differences ; endogenously formed teams ; cooperation ; punishment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gürerk, Özgür ; Irlenbusch, Bernd ; Rockenbach, Bettina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/g9040098
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/219219
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET