Gender and Self-Selection Into a Competitive Environment: Are Women More Overconfident Than Men?

Lena Nekby, Peter Skogman Thoursie () and Lars Vahtrik ()
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Lars Vahtrik: Stockholm University

No 2794, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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.

Keywords: overconfidence; competitiveness; gender differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J2 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2007-05
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100(3), 405-407

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