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dc.contributor.authorDreber, Annaen
dc.contributor.authorvon Essen, Emmaen
dc.contributor.authorRanehill, Evaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-14-
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-28T13:05:27Z-
dc.date.available2012-03-28T13:05:27Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/56177-
dc.description.abstractWe look at gender differences in preferences for altruism, risk and competition in math and word search among adolescents in Sweden. We find that girls are more altruistic and less risk taking than boys. We find no gender gap in performance change when comparing performance under non-competition with performance under competition. Boys and girls are equally likely to choose to compete in word search, but boys are significantly more likely to choose to compete in math. However, this gender gap diminishes and becomes non significant when we control for relative performance beliefs, indicating that some of the gender gap in our sample is not due to competition preferences per se.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aStockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI) |cStockholmen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance |x734en
dc.subject.jelC91en
dc.subject.jelD03en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcompetitivenessen
dc.subject.keywordrisk preferencesen
dc.subject.keywordaltruismen
dc.subject.keywordadolescentsen
dc.subject.keywordgender differencesen
dc.subject.keywordexperimenten
dc.subject.stwWettbewerben
dc.subject.stwRisikopräferenzen
dc.subject.stwAltruismusen
dc.subject.stwMathematiken
dc.subject.stwJugendlicheen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwTesten
dc.subject.stwSchwedenen
dc.titleIn bloom: Gender differences in preferences among adolescents-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn663469945en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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