dc.contributor.author | Carlsson, Fredrik | |
dc.contributor.author | Lampi, Elina | |
dc.contributor.author | Martinsson, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Xiaojun | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-04T11:13:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-04T11:13:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1403-2465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/60399 | |
dc.description | JEL: C91; D03; D10; I31; P30 | sv |
dc.description.abstract | Experimental evidence from both the lab and the field shows that women on average have a lower propensity to enter a competitive environment. In this paper, we investigate gender differences in competitiveness using a lab-in-the-field experiment and a subject pool consisting of Chinese adults. China provides an interesting environment to study in this regard since the country has promoted gender equality for a long time and the gender gap in earnings is small in a cross-country comparison. However, in many respects, China is still a patriarchal society. Our experimental results show that women perform equally well as men in a piece-rate task and significantly better in a competitive payment environment. Despite this, men are more than twice as likely to voluntarily choose a competitive environment. This gender difference cannot be explained by differences in risk preferences or overconfidence. | sv |
dc.format.extent | 21 | sv |
dc.language.iso | eng | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers in Economics | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 766 | sv |
dc.subject | Competition | sv |
dc.subject | Gender Difference | sv |
dc.subject | Experiments | sv |
dc.subject | China | sv |
dc.title | Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Experimental Evidence from China | sv |
dc.type | Text | sv |
dc.type.svep | report | sv |
dc.contributor.organization | Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg | sv |