Understanding Gender Differences in Leadership*
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Abstract Using data from a large-scale field experiment, we show that while there is no gender difference in the willingness to make risky decisions on behalf of a group in a sample of children, a large gap emerges in a sample of adolescents. The proportion of girls who exhibit leadership willingness drops by 39% going from childhood to adolescence. We explore the possible factors behind this drop and find that it is largely associated with a dramatic decline in “social confidence”, measured by the willingness to perform a real effort task in public.
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2016 ◽
Vol 113
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pp. 14944-14948
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2018 ◽
Vol 19
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pp. 405-413
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2017 ◽
Vol 107
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pp. 3760-3787
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2014 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 309-319
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