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Gender differences in willingness to compete: The role of public observability
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Abstract A recent literature emphasizes that gender differences in the labor market may in part be driven by a gender gap in willingness to compete. However, whereas experiments in this literature typically investigate willingness to compete in private environments, real world competitions often have a more ... view more
A recent literature emphasizes that gender differences in the labor market may in part be driven by a gender gap in willingness to compete. However, whereas experiments in this literature typically investigate willingness to compete in private environments, real world competitions often have a more public nature, which introduces potential social image concerns. If such image concerns are important, and men and women differ in the degree to which they want to be seen as competitive, making tournament entry decisions publicly observable may further exacerbate the gender gap. We test this prediction using a laboratory experiment (N = 784) that varies the degree to which the decision to compete, and its outcome, is publicly observable. We find that public observability does not alter the magnitude of the gender gap in willingness to compete in an economically or statistically significant way.... view less
Keywords
competitiveness; gender-specific factors; experiment; competition; labor market; image; woman; man
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Applied Psychology
Free Keywords
gender differences; social image
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Journal
Journal of Economic Psychology (2021) 83
ISSN
1872-7719
Status
Published Version