Replication: Do women shy away from competition? Experimental evidence from China |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;2. School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi''an, Shaanxi 710049, PR China |
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Abstract: | We investigate gender differences in competitiveness using a lab-in-the-field experiment and a subject pool consisting of Chinese adults following the design by Niederle and Vesterlund (2007). China provides an interesting environment to study since the country has promoted gender equality for a long time and the gender gap in earnings is small in cross-country comparisons. However, in many respects, China is still a patriarchal society. Our 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 choose a competitive environment. This gender difference cannot be explained by differences in confidence or risk preferences. |
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Keywords: | Competition Gender difference Experiments China |
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