Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting
We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (<i>N</i> = 168, 84 women and 84 men) chose whether to perform a cooperative task only with members of the own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We...
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| description | We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (<i>N</i> = 168, 84 women and 84 men) chose whether to perform a cooperative task only with members of the own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We found that independent of the choice of team, in the initial period, men contributed significantly more to the team projects than women. Men preferred the successful men-only teams in the subsequent periods, resulting in significantly higher profits for men compared to women. This endogenously emerging “gender pay gap„ only closed over time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09fb38c10b21412798b92893b42bc0032022-12-21T19:47:50ZengMDPI AGGames2073-43362018-12-01949810.3390/g9040098g9040098Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork SettingÖzgür Gürerk0Bernd Irlenbusch1Bettina Rockenbach2School of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, GermanyDepartment of Management and C-SEB, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Economics and C-SEB, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, GermanyWe studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (<i>N</i> = 168, 84 women and 84 men) chose whether to perform a cooperative task only with members of the own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We found that independent of the choice of team, in the initial period, men contributed significantly more to the team projects than women. Men preferred the successful men-only teams in the subsequent periods, resulting in significantly higher profits for men compared to women. This endogenously emerging “gender pay gap„ only closed over time.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/9/4/98gender differencesendogenously formed teamscooperationpunishment |
| spellingShingle | Özgür Gürerk Bernd Irlenbusch Bettina Rockenbach Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting Games gender differences endogenously formed teams cooperation punishment |
| title | Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting |
| title_full | Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting |
| title_fullStr | Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting |
| title_short | Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting |
| title_sort | endogenously emerging gender pay gap in an experimental teamwork setting |
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