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Gender differences in preferences receive huge attention in the popular press. However, in economics this issue was neglected for a long time. Today, the situation has completely changed. To a great extent, this is due to Niederle and Vesterlund’s article, which was among the first to address whether women and men differ in their attitudes to competition. A series of laboratory and field studies confirm that women shy away from competition with men, and women underperform when competing against men.
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Niederle, M., & Vesterlund, L. (2007). Do women shy away from competition? Do men compete too much? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(3), 1067–1101.
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Osterloh, M. (2019). Margit Osterloh Recommends “Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?” by Muriel Niederle and Lise Vesterlund. In: Frey, B., Schaltegger, C. (eds) 21st Century Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17740-9_35
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