Gender matching and competitiveness: Experimental evidence

Datta Gupta, Nabanita, Poulsen, Anders and Villeval, Marie Claire (2013) Gender matching and competitiveness: Experimental evidence. Economic Inquiry, 51 (1). pp. 816-835. ISSN 1465-7295

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Abstract

This paper experimentally investigates if and how people's competitiveness depends on their own gender and on the gender of people with whom they interact. Participants are given information about the gender of the co-participant they are matched with, they then choose between a tournament or a piece rate payment scheme, and finally perform a real task. As already observed in the literature, we find that significantly more men than women choose the tournament. The gender of the co-participant directly influences men's choices (men compete less against other men than against women), but only when the gender information is made sufficiently salient. A higher predicted competitiveness of women induces more competition. Giving stronger tournament incentives, or allowing the participants to choose the gender of their co-participant, increases women's willingness to compete, but does not close the gender gap in competitiveness.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics
Depositing User:	Gina Neff
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2010 16:02
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 02:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10849
DOI:	10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00378.x

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