Gender differences in competition
Subtitle: evidence from a matrilineal and a patriarchal society
By: Uri Gneezy, Kenneth L. Leonard, John A. List.
Contributors: Leonard, Kenneth Lynch.; List, John A., 1968-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 13727; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 13727.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This study uses a controlled experiment to explore whether there are gender differences in selecting into competitive environments across two distinct societies: the Maasai in Tanzania and the Khasi in India.  One unique aspect of these societies is that the Maasai represent a textbook example of a patriarchal society whereas the Khasi are matrilineal.  Similar to the extant evidence drawn from experiments executed in Western cultures, Maasai men opt to compete at roughly twice the rate as Maasai women.  Interestingly, this result is reversed amongst the Khasi, where women choose the competitive environment more often than Khasi men, and even choose to compete weakly more often than Maasai men.  We view these results as potentially providing insights into the underpinnings of the factors hypothesized to be determinants of the observed gender differences in selecting into competitive environments"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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