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Culture and Gender Differences in Competition

Last registered on April 29, 2019
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Culture and Gender Differences in Competition
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0004153
Initial registration date
April 29, 2019

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
April 29, 2019, 10:55 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
Norway
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Andreas Kotsadam
Affiliation
University of Oslo
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Karen Hauge
PI Affiliation
The Frisch Centre
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PI Name
Anine Riege
PI Affiliation
Kingston University London
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2019-04-30
End date
2021-02-18
Keywords
Gender, Labor
Additional Keywords
Competition, Culture
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
Women are less likely than men to enter into competitions and this difference has been argued to be partly rooted in cultural differences. Using a large sample of Norwegian second-generation immigrants we will test the effect of culture using the epidemiological approach.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Hauge, Karen, Andreas Kotsadam and Anine Riege. 2019. "Culture and Gender Differences in Competition." AEA RCT Registry. April 29. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.4153-1.1
Former Citation
Hauge, Karen, Andreas Kotsadam and Anine Riege. 2019. "Culture and Gender Differences in Competition." AEA RCT Registry. April 29. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/4153/history/198155
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Survey Experiments and competition experiment.
Intervention Start Date
2019-04-30
Intervention End Date
2019-06-21

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Willingness to compete
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
See plan

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
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Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Competition experiment a la Niederle and Vesterlund (2007) with second generation immigrants in Norway
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Computer
Randomization Unit
Individuals
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
59 country backgrounds
Sample size: planned number of observations
2360 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
40
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
With a p-value of 0.05 and 80 percent power we have a minimum detectable effect (MDE) of a 4 percentage points difference across cultures from a one standard deviation in our culture proxy.
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
IRB officer at the Frisch center
IRB Approval Date
2018-12-14
IRB Approval Number
1672b
Analysis Plan

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Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
Yes
Intervention Completion Date
August 30, 2019, 12:00 +00:00
Data Collection Complete
Yes
Data Collection Completion Date
August 30, 2019, 12:00 +00:00
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
1943
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
Yes
Public Data URL
https://zenodo.org/records/7787990

Program Files

Program Files
Yes
Program Files URL
https://zenodo.org/records/7787990
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

Abstract
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.
Citation
Hauge, K. E., Kotsadam, A., & Riege, A. (2023). Culture and gender differences in willingness to compete. The Economic Journal, uead033.
URL
https://academic.oup.com/ej/article/133/654/2403/7143100?login=true

Reports & Other Materials