Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296243 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ECONtribute Discussion Paper No. 301
Publisher: 
University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI), Bonn and Cologne
Abstract: 
We investigate the role played by the social environment in the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we find that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status (SES). We further document that there is a positive association between the competitiveness of mothers and daughters, but not between mothers and sons. Second, we show that a randomized mentoring intervention that exposes low-SES children to predominantly female role models causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as earnings expectations.
Subjects: 
competitiveness
gender
socioeconomic status
inequality
earnings expectations
JEL: 
D90
I24
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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