Competition, Selection Bias and Gender Differences Among Economics Majors

Aurelie Dariel, Nikos Nikiforakis and Jan Stoop
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No 20220074, Working Papers from New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science

Abstract: Evidence from behavioral experiments with volunteer samples suggests that there exists a substantial gap in the willingness of men and women to compete. We ask whether a similar gap can be found in a population of economics majors – a population of interest as questions loom regarding the reasons for the underrepresentation of women in economics. We find a substantial gender gap in competitiveness – as well as in risk attitudes – among economics majors. We also find that self-selection into the lab causes us to overestimate this gap among volunteers by a factor of 2 to 3 depending on the econometric model.

Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2022-01, Revised 2022-01
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