Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden

We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices. We include four types of tasks that vary in gender stereotyping when looking at competitiveness: running, skip...

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Cárdenas, Juan.Camilo
Dreber, Anna
von Essen, Emma
Ranehill, Eva
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2011
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Universidad de los Andes
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Palabra clave:
Competitiveness
Risk preferences
Children
Gender differences
Experiment
C91, D03, J16
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
title Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
spellingShingle Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
Competitiveness
Risk preferences
Children
Gender differences
Experiment
C91, D03, J16
title_short Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
title_full Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
title_fullStr Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
title_full_unstemmed Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
title_sort Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking: Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Cárdenas, Juan.Camilo
Dreber, Anna
von Essen, Emma
Ranehill, Eva
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Cárdenas, Juan.Camilo
Dreber, Anna
von Essen, Emma
Ranehill, Eva
dc.subject.keyword.none.fl_str_mv Competitiveness
Risk preferences
Children
Gender differences
Experiment
topic Competitiveness
Risk preferences
Children
Gender differences
Experiment
C91, D03, J16
dc.subject.jel.none.fl_str_mv C91, D03, J16
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