Gender differences in tournament choices: Risk preferences, overconfidence or competitiveness?

Arbeitspapier

A large number of recent experimental studies show that women are less likely to sort into competitive environments. While part of this effect may be explained by gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence, previous studies have attributed the majority of the gender gap to gender differences in a separate 'competitiveness' trait. We re-examine this result using a novel experimental technique that allows us to separate competitiveness from alternative explanations by experimental design. In contrast to the literature, our results imply that the whole gender gap is driven by risk attitudes and overconfidence, which has important implications for future research.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 14

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: General ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Thema: gender ; competitiveness ; lab experiment ; experimental design

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): van Veldhuizen, Roel
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
• (wo): München und Berlin
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162513
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ