The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention

Teodora Boneva (), Thomas Buser, Armin Falk and Fabian Kosse ()
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Teodora Boneva: University of Bonn
Fabian Kosse: University of Würzburg

No 301, ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series from University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany

Abstract: We investigate the role played by the social environment in the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we find that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status (SES). We further document that there is a positive association between the competitiveness of mothers and daughters, but not between mothers and sons. Second, we show that a randomized mentoring intervention that exposes low-SES children to predominantly female role models causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as earnings expectations.

Keywords: competitiveness; gender; socioeconomic status; inequality; earnings expectations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D90 I24 I26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 2024-05
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Working Paper: The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention (2022)
Working Paper: The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations: Causal evidence from a mentoring intervention (2022)
Working Paper: The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention (2021)
Working Paper: The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention (2021)
Working Paper: The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention (2021)
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