Male and Female Competitive Behavior: Experimental Evidence
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Datta Gupta, Nabanita
Poulsen, Anders
Villeval, Marie-Claire
Abstract / Description
Male and female choices differ in many economic situations, e.g., on the labor market. This paper considers whether such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than women. Women are mainly influenced by their degree of risk aversion, but men are not. Men compete more against men than against women, but compete against women who are thought to compete. The behavior of men seems primarily to be influenced by social norms whose nature and origin we discuss.
Keyword(s)
Wettkampf Geschlecht Risiko Fähigkeit Experiment Konkurrenz Stückzahl competition tournament piece rate gender risk-aversion relative ability experimentPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2005
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1833
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Datta Gupta, Nabanita
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Poulsen, Anders
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Villeval, Marie-Claire
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2022-11-17T11:02:56Z
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:02:56Z
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Date of first publication2005
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Abstract / DescriptionMale and female choices differ in many economic situations, e.g., on the labor market. This paper considers whether such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than women. Women are mainly influenced by their degree of risk aversion, but men are not. Men compete more against men than against women, but compete against women who are thought to compete. The behavior of men seems primarily to be influenced by social norms whose nature and origin we discuss.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16599
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1114
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8969
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 1833
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1833
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Keyword(s)Wettkampfde
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Keyword(s)Geschlechtde
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Keyword(s)Risikode
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Keyword(s)Fähigkeitde
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Keyword(s)Experimentde
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Keyword(s)Konkurrenzde
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Keyword(s)Stückzahlde
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Keyword(s)competitionen
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Keyword(s)tournamenten
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Keyword(s)piece rateen
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Keyword(s)genderen
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Keyword(s)risk-aversionen
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Keyword(s)relative abilityen
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Keyword(s)experimenten
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleMale and Female Competitive Behavior: Experimental Evidenceen
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok