Gender, context and competition: Experimental evidence from rural and urban Uganda

Kjetil Bjorvatn, Ranveig Falch and Ulrikke Hernæs

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2016, vol. 61, issue C, 31-37

Abstract: We analyze the willingness to compete among secondary school students in an urban and a rural context in Uganda. We find no significant gender bias in competitiveness in the urban context, while in the rural context females are significantly less competitive than males. The willingness to compete among males is not sensitive to location. These results hold when controlling for knowledge, confidence, attitude towards risk, and individual and household background variables. Our analysis suggests that context is an important determinant of willingness to compete, and we propose that attitudes towards gender equality may be an important factor in shaping these preferences for females.

Keywords: Competition; Gender; Urban; Rural; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D03 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2016.02.001

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