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dc.contributor.authorSutter, Matthiasen
dc.contributor.authorRützler, Danielaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-30-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-23T09:34:31Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-23T09:34:31Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36885-
dc.description.abstractWe study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers, aged three to eighteen years. Using an easy math task for children older than eight years and a running task for the younger ones we find that boys are much more likely to enter a tournament than girls across the whole age spectrum considered here. This gender gap is observed already with three-year olds, indicating that gender differences in competitiveness emerge very early in life. The gap is robust to controlling for gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5015en
dc.subject.jelC91en
dc.subject.jelD03en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCompetitionen
dc.subject.keywordgender gapen
dc.subject.keywordexperimenten
dc.subject.keywordchildrenen
dc.subject.keywordteenagersen
dc.subject.stwVerhaltensökonomiken
dc.subject.stwWettbewerben
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwKinderen
dc.subject.stwTesten
dc.titleGender differences in competition emerge early in life-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn630330956en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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