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Registration

Field Before After
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date November 18, 2018
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 374
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 374
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms 127 in competitiveness treatment, 123 in risk treatment, 124 in confidence treatment.
Public Data URL https://osf.io/32pv5/
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files Yes
Program Files URL https://osf.io/32pv5/
Data Collection Completion Date November 18, 2018
Is data available for public use? Yes
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Papers

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Paper Abstract As a recent literature has demonstrated, men and women differ in their willingness to sort into competitive environments. In particular, men are more willing than women to compete. We investigate whether it is possible to reduce the gender gap in willingness to compete through an information intervention that informs participants of the gap and advises them about the potential earnings implications. We find that this simple information intervention reduced the gender gap, both in a laboratory study at a German university and in a field study with Swedish high school students. Whereas some participants (primarily high-performing women) benefited from the intervention, others lost out. We discuss the implications for efficiency and policy.
Paper Citation Dany Kessel, Johanna Mollerstrom, Roel van Veldhuizen, Can simple advice eliminate the gender gap in willingness to compete?, European Economic Review, Volume 138, 2021, 103777, ISSN 0014-2921, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103777. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014292121001306)
Paper URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014292121001306
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