Culture and Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete

Author:

Hauge Karen Evelyn1,Kotsadam Andreas1,Riege Anine2

Affiliation:

1. Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research , Norway

2. Kingston University London, UK & University of Oslo , Norway

Abstract

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.

Funder

Research Council of Norway

American Economic Association

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Economics and Econometrics

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