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Gender Differences in Cooperation and Competition

In: Experimental Economics

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  • Roberto Hernán
  • Praveen Kujal

Abstract

Empirical evidence indicates that females earn lower wages than men with similar abilities, and that there are fewer women in management positions than in administrative ones. In this chapter we will examine the factors that have been proposed in the experimental literature to explain these differences from three distinct perspectives: The supply side The demand side, and The role of society in terms of biological inheritance. We begin with a revision of the literature analyzing, from the supply side, gender differences in preferences to compete, cooperate, and social preferences. These are possible contributing factors that may reduce female participation in the labor market. Subsequently, we study the influencing factors from the demand side, such as discrimination and group perception in terms of gender. Finally, we discuss the extent to which these differences can be explained by education: that is, people’s social conditioning, and to what extent they are given by nature. While nature deals with physiological and evolutionary differences, education deals with the effects environment has on our behavior. We summarize the main results in the conclusions.

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  • Roberto Hernán & Praveen Kujal, 2015. "Gender Differences in Cooperation and Competition," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Pablo Branas-Garza & Antonio Cabrales (ed.), Experimental Economics, chapter 10, pages 154-168, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-53819-2_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137538192_10
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    1. Silva Larson & Anne (Giger)-Dray & Tina Cornioley & Manithaythip Thephavanh & Phomma Thammavong & Sisavan Vorlasan & John G. Connell & Magnus Moglia & Peter Case & Kim S. Alexander & Pascal Perez, 2020. "A Game-Based Approach to Exploring Gender Differences in Smallholder Decisions to Change Farming Practices: White Rice Production in Laos," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-22, August.
    2. Barrero-Amórtegui, Yady & Maldonado, Jorge H., 2021. "Gender composition of management groups in a conservation agreement framework: Experimental evidence for mangrove use in the Colombian Pacific," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).

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