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dc.contributor.authorCarlsson, Fredrik
dc.contributor.authorLampi, Elina
dc.contributor.authorMartinsson, Peter
dc.contributor.authorYang, Xiaojun
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-04T11:13:04Z
dc.date.available2019-06-04T11:13:04Z
dc.date.issued2019-06
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/60399
dc.descriptionJEL: C91; D03; D10; I31; P30sv
dc.description.abstractExperimental 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.extent21sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economicssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries766sv
dc.subjectCompetitionsv
dc.subjectGender Differencesv
dc.subjectExperimentssv
dc.subjectChinasv
dc.titleGender Differences in Competitiveness: Experimental Evidence from Chinasv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.svepreportsv
dc.contributor.organizationDepartment of Economics, University of Gothenburgsv


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