Econ 2220: Topics in Experimental Economics

Readings for Lecture 7: Gender Differences

 

·         *Niederle, Muriel, and Lise Vesterlund, “Do Women Shy away from Competition? Do Men Compete too Much?,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2007, Vol. 122, No. 3: 1067-1101.

·         *Croson, R. and Gneezy, U. (2008) “Gender Differences in Preferences,” Journal of Economic Literature, 47 (2), 1-27

·         Andersen, S., Bulte, E., Gneezy, U. and List, J.A. “Do Women Supply more Public Goods than Men? Preliminary Experimental Evidence from Matrilineal and Patriarchal Societies,” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2008, 98 (2), 376-381.

·         Andreoni, J. and L. Vesterlund. Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116 (1), pp. 293-312.

·         Andreoni, James and Ragan Petrie. Beauty, Gender and Stereotypes: Evidence From Laboratory Experiments.

·         Dargnies, Marie-Pierre, “Men Too Sometimes Shy Away From Competition: The Case of Team Competition.” 2009

·         Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Men, Women and Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence.” Handbook of Experimental Results, edited by C. Plott and V. Smith. New York, Elsevier. 2008

·         Eckel, Catherine C., and Philip J. Grossman, “Differences in the Economic Decisions of Men and Women: Experimental Evidence.” Handbook of Experimental Results, edited by C. Plott and V. Smith. New York, Elsevier. 2008

·         Gneezy, U, Leonard, K.L. and List, J.A. (2008) “Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society.” Forthcoming in Econometrica.

·         Gneezy, U., and A. RustichiniGender and competition at a young age,” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2004, 377-381.

·         Gneezy, Uri, Muriel Niederle, Aldo Rustichini, “Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CXVIII, August 2003, 1049 – 1074

·         Mobius, Markus M.and Rosenblat, Tanya S. Why Beauty Matters.” The American Economic Review, 2006, 96(1), pp. 222-235

·         Niederle, Muriel and Lise Vesterlund, “Gender Differences in Competition”, Negotiation Journal, October 2008, vol 24, No.4, 447-465.

·         Niederle, Muriel, Carmit Segal, and Lise Vesterlund, “How Costly is Diversity? Affirmative Action in Light of Gender Differences in Competitiveness

·         Niederle, Muriel and Lise Vesterlund, “Does Performance Mirror Ability? Gender Differences in Attitudes towards Competition,” R&R Journal of Economic Perspectives

 


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