Arbeitspapier
Gender differences in competition emerge early in life
We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers, aged three to eighteen years. Using an easy math task for children older than eight years and a running task for the younger ones we find that boys are much more likely to enter a tournament than girls across the whole age spectrum considered here. This gender gap is observed already with three-year olds, indicating that gender differences in competitiveness emerge very early in life. The gap is robust to controlling for gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5015
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
- Subject
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Competition
gender gap
experiment
children
teenagers
Verhaltensökonomik
Wettbewerb
Geschlecht
Kinder
Test
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Sutter, Matthias
Rützler, Daniela
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Sutter, Matthias
- Rützler, Daniela
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2010
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