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dc.contributor.authorBoschini, Anne
dc.contributor.authorDreber, Anna
dc.contributor.authorvon Essen, Emma
dc.contributor.authorMuren, Astri
dc.contributor.authorRanehill, Eva
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-03T12:23:09Z
dc.date.available2018-09-03T12:23:09Z
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/57527
dc.descriptionJEL codes: D91, C83, C91sv
dc.description.abstractExperimental results from student or other non-representative convenience samples often suggest that men, on average, are more risk-taking and competitive than women. Here we explore whether these gender preference gaps also exist in a simple random sample of the Swedish adult population. Our design comprises four different treatments to systematically explore how the experimental context may impact gender gaps; a baseline treatment, a treatment where participants are primed with their own gender, and a treatment where the participants know the gender of their counterpart (man or woman). We look at willingness to compete in two domains: a math task and a verbal task. We find no gender differences in risk preferences or in willingness to compete in the verbal task in this random sample. There is some support for men being more competitive than women in the math task, in particular in the pooled sample. The effect size is however considerably smaller than what is typically found. We further find no consistent impact of treatment on (the absence of) the gender gap in preferences.sv
dc.format.extent27sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.publisherUniversity of Gothenburgsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economicssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries740sv
dc.subjectgender differencessv
dc.subjectcompetitivenesssv
dc.subjectrisk-takingsv
dc.subjectexperimentsv
dc.subjectrandom representative samplesv
dc.titleGender, risk preferences and willingness to compete in a random sample of the Swedish populationsv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.svepreportsv
dc.contributor.organizationDept. of Economics, University of Gothenburgsv


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