Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing
Do women shy away from competition while men compete too much? The available, mostly experimental evidence generally supports these assumptions. However, in contrast to laboratory settings, labor markets do not have random assignment of workers. Instead, individuals—professional athletes and corpora...
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| description | Do women shy away from competition while men compete too much? The available, mostly experimental evidence generally supports these assumptions. However, in contrast to laboratory settings, labor markets do not have random assignment of workers. Instead, individuals—professional athletes and corporate executives—self-select into specific occupations. Using data from Alpine and Nordic skiing over 52 and 37 years respectively, we show that career length of men and women is virtually identical. Thus, when adequately controlling for self-selection into a highly competitive environment, differences between men and women with respect to competitiveness completely disappear. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-892f447bac8240a68a36b76543e3bba02022-12-21T23:40:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752021-01-01510.3389/fsoc.2020.539766539766Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine SkiingBernd Frick0Katharina Moser1Management Department, Paderborn University, Paderborn, GermanySchool of Business and Economics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDo women shy away from competition while men compete too much? The available, mostly experimental evidence generally supports these assumptions. However, in contrast to laboratory settings, labor markets do not have random assignment of workers. Instead, individuals—professional athletes and corporate executives—self-select into specific occupations. Using data from Alpine and Nordic skiing over 52 and 37 years respectively, we show that career length of men and women is virtually identical. Thus, when adequately controlling for self-selection into a highly competitive environment, differences between men and women with respect to competitiveness completely disappear.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2020.539766/fullski world cupcareer durationgender differencesrisk preferencesself-selectioncompetitiveness |
| spellingShingle | Bernd Frick Katharina Moser Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing Frontiers in Sociology ski world cup career duration gender differences risk preferences self-selection competitiveness |
| title | Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing |
| title_full | Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing |
| title_fullStr | Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing |
| title_short | Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing |
| title_sort | are women really less competitive than men career duration in nordic and alpine skiing |
| topic | ski world cup career duration gender differences risk preferences self-selection competitiveness |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2020.539766/full |
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