Gender differences in tournament-performance over time in single-sex and mixed-sex environments

Alison Booth, Ryohei Hayashi and Eiji Yamamura ()

Labour Economics, 2022, vol. 76, issue C

Abstract: We chart the evolution of gender differences in performance across single-sex and mixed-sex environments. Our dataset comprises over one million person-race observations of individuals making their racing debut over the period 1997–2012, and randomly assigned by the Japanese Speedboat Racing Association into single-sex and mixed-sex races. This randomization enables us to shed light on learning in races, and explore debut-racers’ performance as they gain experience. Key findings are; (1) Women are initially less skilled than men, (2) average debut-woman's performance improves faster than debut-men's, (3) after gaining racing experience, the gender gap in skill and performance disappears.

Keywords: Gender and competition; Tournaments; Mixed-sex; Single-sex (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102173

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