Gender Differences in Competition

By Muriel Niederle, Lise Vesterlund. 2008

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016, background): “Competitive environments that are associated with negative stereotypes implying women may not be able to “hold their own,” have been shown to be particularly threatening to women (Gneezy, Niederle, & Rustichini, 2003; Niederle & Vesterlund, 2008).”
Negotiating the Gender Divide (2012, background): “These different social utility functions suggest that women will be more sensitive to perceived social costs than men are, favoring strategies that protect their social outcomes at the expense of their economic outcomes (Amanatullah et al., 2008; Niederle & Vesterlund, 2008).”
Gender Gaps in Policy Making: Evidence from Direct Democracy in Switzerland (2008, background): “Apart from rare evidence from certain matrilineal and patriarchal societies (Andersen et al., 2008; Gneezy et al., 2009), the substance of this claim is difficult to assess.”
Gender and Competition (2011, background): “…2003), it may be that men are more likely to view negotiations as two-person competitions and thus be less likely to give into demands, even when doing so is beneficial for both parties (see Niederle & Vesterlund 2008 for a discussion of the relationship between negotiations and competitions).”
Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups Versus Individuals (2015, background): “Again, such effects have already been documented in other settings (see e.g., Finucane et al., 2000; Gneezy et al., 2009), and they might also be relevant in the context of unethical behavior.”
Gender pairing and bargaining—Beware the same sex! (2009, background): “…(Ginther and Kahn, 2004), team behavior (Dufwenberg and Muren, 2006), risk taking (Croson and Gneezy, 2009) or behavior in competitive environments (Gneezy et al., 2003, 2009; Gupta et al., 2005; Niederle and Vesterlund, 2007; Niederle et al., 2008).1 So, gender2 has an impact on the functioning…”