Women's empowerment, sibling rivalry, and competitiveness: evidence from a lab experiment and a randomized control trial in Uganda (anglais)

This study looks at how a community event—adolescent women's economic and social empowerment -- and a family factor -- sibling sex composition—interact in shaping gender differences in preferences for competition. To do so, a lab-in-the-field experiment is conducted using competitive games layered over the randomized rollout of a community program that empowered adolescent girls in Uganda. In contrast with the literature, the study finds no gender...

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Buehren,Niklas;

Goldstein,Markus P.;

Leonard,Kenneth;

Montalvao,Joao;

Vasilaky,Kathryn;
Date du document
2016/06/07
Type de document
Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
Numéro du rapport
WPS7699
Volume
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Pays
Ouganda,
Région
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Date de publication
2016/06/07
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Titre du rapport
Women's empowerment, sibling rivalry, and competitiveness: evidence from a lab experiment and a randomized control trial in Uganda
Mots clé
gender difference

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