Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing

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ID13076144
AuthorsBernd Frick (0000-0001-6430-0959, Paderborn University, corresponding author), Katharina Moser (University of Tübingen)
Year2021
Volume5
Pages539766-539766
Publication date2021-01-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fsoc.2020.539766
PMID33869490
OpenAlexW3123244719
LanguageEN
References cited62

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

Alpine skiing · Athletes · Competition (biology · Demographic economics · Duration (music · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Physical therapy · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society · Ecology

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