Endogenously emerging gender pay gap in an xperimental teamwork setting

We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (N = 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 indepen...

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Published in:	Games Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 1 - 19
Main Authors:	Gürerk, Özgür, Irlenbusch, Bernd, Rockenbach, Bettina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI 2018
Subjects:	cooperation endogenously formed teams gender differences punishment
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Summary:	We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (N = 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 'gender pay gap' only closed over time.
ISSN:	2073-4336 2073-4336
DOI:	10.3390/g9040098