GENDER DIFFERENCES IN COOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENTS? EVIDENCE FROM THE US CONGRESS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gagliarducci, Stefano; Paserman, M. Daniele
• 署名单位: University of Rome Tor Vergata; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Boston University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueab069
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 218-257
• 关键词: regression discontinuity design; performance; COMPETITION; women; party; gap; pay; tournaments; preferences; sponsorship

摘要

This paper uses data on bill co-sponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behaviour. We find that among Democrats there is no significant gender gap in the number of co-sponsors recruited, but women-sponsored bills tend to have fewer co-sponsors from the opposite party. On the other hand, we find robust evidence that Republican women recruit more co-sponsors and attract more bipartisan support on the bills that they sponsor. We interpret these results as evidence that cooperation is mostly driven by a commonality of interest, rather than gender per se.