Gender and self-selection into a competitive environment: Are women more overconfident than men?

Lena Nekby, Peter Skogman Thoursie () and Lars Vahtrik

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 100, issue 3, 405-407

Abstract: Using a large running race in Sweden, this study shows that there are male-dominated environments in which the selection of women who participate are more likely to be confident/competitive and that, within this group, performance improves equally for both genders in absolute terms.

Date: 2008
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