Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252334 
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2021
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) No. 689
Verlag: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Zusammenfassung: 
There is mixed evidence for gender differences in competing against the opposite sex. We analyze performance data from a sport where men and women can compete directly against each other. Our unique data consists of close to 600,000 observations from around 23,500 mixed-gender ninepin bowling games in Austria and the Czech Republic. To account for possible self-selection into competition against the opposite gender, we use the opponent team's sex composition as an instrument. We and almost no gender differences in Austria. In Czechia, men perform better against women and women worse against men. This pattern is stable across age.
Schlagwörter: 
gender
gender gap in competition
sports economics
JEL: 
J16
D90
Z22
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
307.73 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.