dc.contributor.author | Veldhuizen, Roel van | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-12T08:41:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-12T08:41:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/70037 | |
dc.description.abstract | A large number of recent experimental studies show that women are less likely to sort into competitive environments. While part of this effect may be explained by gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence, previous studies have attributed the majority of the gender gap to gender differences in a separate 'competitiveness' trait. We re-examine this result using a powerful novel experimental technique that allows us to separate competitiveness from alternative explanations by experimental design. In contrast to the literature, the results from our experiment imply that the whole gender gap is driven by risk attitudes and overconfidence. We show that our results are due to our experimental approach, which circumvents concerns raised against the regression-based method used by previous studies. Our results have important implications for policy and future research. | de |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Wirtschaft | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Social sciences, sociology, anthropology | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Economics | en |
dc.subject.other | C90; J16; J24; J31; Tournament | de |
dc.title | Gender differences in tournament choices: risk preferences, overconfidence or competitiveness? | de |
dc.description.review | begutachtet | de |
dc.description.review | reviewed | en |
dc.source.volume | SP II 2016-207 | de |
dc.publisher.country | DEU | |
dc.publisher.city | Berlin | de |
dc.source.series | Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Verhalten auf Märkten | |
dc.subject.classoz | Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung | de |
dc.subject.classoz | National Economy | en |
dc.subject.classoz | Volkswirtschaftstheorie | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Geschlecht | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | design | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | gender | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | competitiveness | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Experiment | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Wettbewerbsfähigkeit | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Laborexperiment | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | experiment | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | laboratory experiment | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Design | de |
dc.rights.licence | Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung | de |
dc.rights.licence | Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications | en |
ssoar.contributor.institution | WZB | de |
internal.status | formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen | de |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10043015 | |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10043016 | |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10040773 | |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10049581 | |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10045224 | |
dc.type.stock | monograph | de |
dc.type.document | Arbeitspapier | de |
dc.type.document | working paper | en |
dc.source.pageinfo | 45, 52 | de |
internal.identifier.classoz | 1090301 | |
internal.identifier.classoz | 20200 | |
internal.identifier.document | 3 | |
dc.contributor.corporateeditor | Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH | |
internal.identifier.corporateeditor | 381 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 300 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 330 | |
dc.description.pubstatus | Published Version | en |
dc.description.pubstatus | Veröffentlichungsversion | de |
internal.identifier.licence | 3 | |
internal.identifier.pubstatus | 1 | |
internal.identifier.review | 2 | |
internal.identifier.series | 961 | |
internal.dda.reference | https://www.econstor.eu/oai/request@@oai:econstor.eu:10419/148346 | |
dc.identifier.handle | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148346 | de |
ssoar.urn.registration | false | de |