UNDERSTANDING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN LEADERSHIP

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Alan, Sule; Ertac, Seda; Kubilay, Elif; Loranth, Gyongyi
• 署名单位: European University Institute; Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University; Koc University; University of Essex; University of Vienna
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/uez050
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 263-289
• 关键词: Risk-taking; voluntary leadership; individual behavior; competitiveness; willingness; motivation; CHILDREN; grit; gap

摘要

Using data from a large-scale field experiment, we show that while there is no gender difference in willingness to make risky decisions on behalf of a group in a sample of children, a large gap emerges in a sample of adolescents. The proportion of girls who exhibit leadership willingness drops by 39%, going from childhood to adolescence. We explore the possible factors behind this drop and find that it is largely associated with a dramatic decline in 'social confidence', measured by willingness to perform a real effort task in public.