The Malleability of Competitive Preferences
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Forfattere:
Johnsen, Åshild A., Andreas Kotsadam, Henning Finseraas, Torbjørn Hanson
År:
2023
Referanse:
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Vol 104, 102015Sammendrag (engelsk)
Men are more competitive than women, but we do not know how stable competitive preferences are. We conduct a pre-registered data collection in the Norwegian Armed Forces, a traditionally male environment, using survey measures of competitiveness that are known to be correlated with competitive behavior in the lab. We find that there is selection into the environment but that there is still a gender difference at baseline. We further find that the competitive preferences become stronger for both women and men over a period of eight weeks. The changes are large enough to eliminate the initial gender gap if only women had been exposed to the setting.
Nøkkelord:
Competitiveness, Gender, Endogenous preferences
Prosjekt info:
Oppdragsgiver: Norges ForskningsrådOppdragsgivers prosjektnr.: 287766
Frisch prosjekt: 8106 - Field Experiments to Identify the Effects and Scope Conditions of Social Interactions
