Thomas Buser
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View article: Fairness and willingness to compete
Fairness and willingness to compete Open
Many societies allocate wealth and status through competitions. These competitions may be seen as unfair if the playing field is uneven or if the competitors are of unequal strength. We run two experiments to document the extent to which p…
View article: Willingness to compete, gender and career choices along the whole ability distribution
Willingness to compete, gender and career choices along the whole ability distribution Open
We expand the scope of the literature on willingness to compete by asking how it varies with academic ability and whether and how it predicts career choices at different ability levels. The literature so far has mainly focused on career ch…
View article: Competitiveness, gender and handedness
Competitiveness, gender and handedness Open
We conduct an intercultural experiment in three locations on three different continents to elicit competitiveness and study whether individual differences in competitiveness are related to handedness. Being a "lefty" (i.e., having either a…
View article: Can Competitiveness predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures
Can Competitiveness predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures Open
We assess the predictive power of two measures of competitiveness for education and labor market outcomes using a large, representative survey panel.The first is incentivized and is an online adaptation of the laboratory-based Niederle-Ves…
View article: The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention
The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations: Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention Open
We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differ- ences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more…
View article: Replication data for: Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the Lab and the Dutch Math Olympiad
Replication data for: Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the Lab and the Dutch Math Olympiad Open
We use lab experiments and field data from the Dutch Math Olympiad to show that women are more likely than men to stop competing if they lose. In a math competition in the lab, women are much less likely than men to choose competition agai…
View article: Gender, Competitiveness, and Study Choices in High School: Evidence from Switzerland
Gender, Competitiveness, and Study Choices in High School: Evidence from Switzerland Open
Willingness to compete has been found to predict individual and gender differences in educational choices and labor market outcomes. We provide further evidence for this relationship by linking Swiss students' Baccalaureate school (high sc…