Culture and Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete*

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Kotsadam, Andreas; Riege, Anine
• 署名单位: Kingston University; University of Oslo
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/uead033
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 2403-2426
• 关键词: competitiveness; women; matrilineal; difficulty; entry; work; gap; AGE; shy; no

摘要

We investigate how culture affects gender differences in willingness to compete in a large pre-registered experiment using an epidemiological approach. Our sample of 1,943 Norwegians with parents born in 59 different countries shows a smaller gender gap in willingness to compete among individuals of more gender-equal ancestries. The difference is driven by women with parents from more gender-equal countries wanting to compete more and men with the same ancestry wanting to compete less. The results are robust to controlling for a large set of factors at the individual, parental and ancestral country levels, indicating that gendered culture shapes competitive preferences.