Taste for competition and the gender gap among young business professionals

Reuben, Ernesto; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi

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dc.contributor.author	Reuben, Ernesto	-
dc.contributor.author	Sapienza, Paola	-
dc.contributor.author	Zingales, Luigi	-
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-17T12:21:20Z	-
dc.date.available	2026-06-17T12:21:20Z	-
dc.date.issued	2019-11	-
dc.identifier.citation	Reuben, E., Sapienza, P., & Zingales, L. (2019). Taste for competition and the gender gap among young business professionals. NYUAD Division of Social Science Working Paper, #0031.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2451/75824	-
dc.description.abstract	We study whether and why taste for competition (as measured by Niederle and Vesterlund, 2007) affects MBA salaries and whether this effect can explain the wage gender gap. At graduation, MBAs with higher taste for competition earn $15K (9.3%) more. Over time this effect is mitigated by overconfidence. Seven years after graduation, competitive MBAs with a low degree of overconfidence earn 26% more, while those who are highly overconfident earn 19% less. Taste for competition explains 10% of the gender gap at graduation and none seven years later.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The authors than the Templeton Foundation for financial support	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	NYUAD Division of Social Science Working Papers;#0031	-
dc.subject	gender gap	en
dc.subject	gender differences	en
dc.subject	taste for competition	en
dc.subject	competitiveness	en
dc.subject	overconfidence	en
dc.subject	business career	en
dc.title	Taste for competition and the gender gap among young business professionals	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
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