GENDER, COMPETITIVENESS, AND SOCIALIZATION AT A YOUNG AGE: EVIDENCE FROM A MATRILINEAL AND A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Andersen, Steffen; Ertac, Seda; Gneezy, Uri; List, John A.; Maximiano, Sandra
• 署名单位: Copenhagen Business School; Koc University; University of California System; University of California San Diego; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00312
• 发表日期: 2013-10
• 页码: 1438-1443
• 关键词: girls; gap

摘要

Recent literature presents evidence that men are more competitively inclined than women. Since top-level careers usually require competitiveness, competitiveness differences provide an explanation for gender gaps in wages and differences in occupational choice. A natural question is whether women are born less competitive or whether they become so through the process of socialization. To pinpoint when in the socialization process the difference arises, we compare the competitiveness of children in matrilineal and patriarchal societies. We find that while there is no difference at any age in the matrilineal society, girls become less competitive around puberty in the patriarchal society.