Gender and Competition
Alison L. Booth
University of Essex - Department of Economics; Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4300
Abstract:
In almost all European Union countries, the gender wage gap is increasing across the wages distribution. In this lecture I briefly survey some recent studies aiming to explain why apparently identical women and men receive such different returns and focus especially on those incorporating pyschological factors as an explanation of the gender gap. Research areas with high potential returns to further analysis are identified. Several examples from my own recent experimental work with Patrick Nolen are also presented. These try to distinguish between the role of nature and nurture in affecting behavioural differences between men and women that might lead to gender wage gaps.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 33
Keywords: glass ceiling, experimental economics, personality differences
JEL Classification: C9, J16, J71
working papers series
Suggested Citation
Booth, Alison L., Gender and Competition. IZA Discussion Paper No. 4300. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1434634
