Is There a Motherhood Gap in the Willingness to Compete for Pay?

Aurélie Dariel and Nikos Nikiforakis
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No 20220079, Working Papers from New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science

Abstract: A substantial fraction of the gender gap in earnings is due to wage disparities between women with and without children. Inspired by evidence linking labor market outcomes with attitudes toward competition, we explore the association between motherhood and the willingness to compete for pay. In two behavioral studies, we find that mothers are considerably less likely to choose a competitive payment scheme than similar women without children. Fathers are as willing to compete as non-fathers. The motherhood gap is not mediated by differences in ability, beliefs, risk attitudes, marital status, parental education, parental employment, or the time since the last pregnancy.

Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2022-09, Revised 2022-09
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