Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting

Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting

We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (<i>N</i> = 168, 84 women and 84 men) chose whether to perform a cooperative task only with members of the own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We...

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Main Authors: Özgür Gürerk, Bernd Irlenbusch, Bettina Rockenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Games
Subjects:
gender differences
endogenously formed teams
cooperation
punishment
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/9/4/98
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spelling doaj-09fb38c10b21412798b92893b42bc0032020-11-25T00:37:30ZengMDPI AGGames2073-43362018-12-01949810.3390/g9040098g9040098Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork SettingÖzgür Gürerk0Bernd Irlenbusch1Bettina Rockenbach2School of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, GermanyDepartment of Management and C-SEB, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Economics and C-SEB, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, GermanyWe studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (<i>N</i> = 168, 84 women and 84 men) chose whether to perform a cooperative task only with members of the own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We found that independent of the choice of team, in the initial period, men contributed significantly more to the team projects than women. Men preferred the successful men-only teams in the subsequent periods, resulting in significantly higher profits for men compared to women. This endogenously emerging &#8220;gender pay gap&#8222; only closed over time.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/9/4/98gender differencesendogenously formed teamscooperationpunishment
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gender differences
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cooperation
punishment
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series Games
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publishDate 2018-12-01
description We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (<i>N</i> = 168, 84 women and 84 men) chose whether to perform a cooperative task only with members of the own gender or in a mixed-gender team. We found that independent of the choice of team, in the initial period, men contributed significantly more to the team projects than women. Men preferred the successful men-only teams in the subsequent periods, resulting in significantly higher profits for men compared to women. This endogenously emerging &#8220;gender pay gap&#8222; only closed over time.
topic gender differences
endogenously formed teams
cooperation
punishment
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