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Sutter, Matthias ORCID: 0000-0002-6143-8706 and Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela ORCID: 0000-0002-6678-2418 (2015). Gender Differences in the Willingness to Compete Emerge Early in Life and Persist. Manage. Sci., 61 (10). S. 2339 - 2355. CATONSVILLE: INFORMS. ISSN 1526-5501

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Abstract

Gender differences in the willingness to compete have been identified as one important factor in explaining gender differences in labor markets and within organizations. We present three experiments with a total of 1,570 subjects, ages three to 18 years, to investigate the origins of this gender gap. In a between-subjects design we find that boys are more likely to compete than girls as early as kindergarten and that this gap prevails throughout adolescence. Re-examining the behavior of 316 subjects in a within-subjects design two years later, we show that these gender differences also largely persist over a longer time period and can thus be considered stable. Controlling for subjects' abilities in the different tasks, their risk attitudes, and expected performance, the gender gap in the willingness to compete is estimated in the range of 10-20 percentage points. We discuss the implications of our findings for policy interventions and organizational management. Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1981.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Sutter, Matthias UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-8706 UNSPECIFIED Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-2418 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-392175
DOI:	10.1287/mnsc.2014.1981
Journal or Publication Title:	Manage. Sci.
Volume:	61
Number:	10
Page Range:	S. 2339 - 2355
Date:	2015
Publisher:	INFORMS
Place of Publication:	CATONSVILLE
ISSN:	1526-5501
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language WITHIN-SUBJECT ANALYSIS; AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION; PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVENESS; WOMEN; SOCIALIZATION; PREFERENCES; MATRILINEAL; ENTRY; GIRLS Multiple languages Management; Operations Research & Management Science Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39217