Women tend to shy away from competition, contributing to gender gaps in math-related educational choices¶

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q2 i? Experimental studies observe gender differences in selection into competitive situations, with women shy away from competition. → Alexander Koch 2015

Evidence¶

Alexander Koch 2015¶

Alexander Koch, Julia Nafziger, Helena Skyt Nielsen. (2015). Behavioral economics of education. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 115 (2015) 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.09.005

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The review reports experimental evidence on selection into competition: Niederle and Vesterlund (2007) and Datta Gupta et al. (2013) 'examine this selection' and observe that women 'shy away from competition'. Datta Gupta et al. did not observe a clear gender gap in performance, unlike Gneezy et al. (2003).

"Niederle and Vesterlund (2007) and Datta Gupta et al. (2013) examine this selection. They observe that women "shy away from competition"."

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