Gender differences in selection into self-competition

Werner Bönte (), Vivien Procher () and Diemo Urbig

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 8, 539-543

Abstract: While previous studies demonstrated that, in many settings, women tend to be less willing than men to engage in interpersonal competition, this study focuses on selection into self-competition. Competing against own past performances can be an integral part of life, including job and sports. Using data obtained from a lab-in-the-field experiment, we find empirical evidence that women are, on average, more reluctant than men to compete against their own past performance. Our results suggest that this difference can be mainly explained by gender differences in risk preferences.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1343441

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