Participation in Competitive Sports Closes Gender Gaps in Competition and in Risk Taking

Marc Willinger, Dimitri Dubois and Sabrina Bravaccini

Journal of Sports Economics, 2023, vol. 24, issue 1, 97-133

Abstract: We compare the preferences of athletes who practice individual sports to those of non-athletes, by combining incentivized tasks and survey questions. Athletes were more likely to opt for the tournament payment scheme in the competitive tasks. Female athletes and male non-athletes were equally likely to select the tournament payment. We also find that female athletes were equally as risk-tolerant as non-athlete men and equally as risk-tolerant as men overall (whether athletes or non-athletes), for incentivized tasks and stated preferences. It is concluded that participation in competitive sports favors closure of the gender gaps in competitiveness and risk tolerance.

Keywords: gender gap; athletes; gender role; competitiveness; social preferences; risk tolerance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/15270025221108189

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