Women can´t jump?—An experiment on competitive attitudes and stereotype threat [Dataset] (doi:10.11588/data/10052)

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Citation

Title:

Women can´t jump?—An experiment on competitive attitudes and stereotype threat [Dataset]

Identification Number:

doi:10.11588/data/10052

Distributor:

heiDATA

Date of Distribution:

2015-04-14

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Bibliographic Citation:

Günther, Christina; Arslan Ekinci, Neslihan; Schwieren, Christiane; Strobel, Martin, 2015, "Women can´t jump?—An experiment on competitive attitudes and stereotype threat [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10052, heiDATA, V2, UNF:5:MFh9Pa5Rh/urnBELIzJ4uA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Women can´t jump?—An experiment on competitive attitudes and stereotype threat [Dataset]

Subtitle:

An experiment on competitive attitudes and stereotype threat

Identification Number:

doi:10.11588/data/10052

Authoring Entity:

Günther, Christina

Arslan Ekinci, Neslihan

Schwieren, Christiane (Alfred-Weber-Institute of Economics)

Strobel, Martin (Alfred-Weber-Institute of Economics)

Producer:

Günther, Christina

Arslan Ekinci, Neslihan

Schwieren, Christiane

Strobel, Martin

Date of Production:

2010

Distributor:

heiDATA

Distributor:

HeiDATA: Heidelberg Research Data Repository

Access Authority:

Schwieren, Christiane

Date of Deposit:

2015-04-13

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10052

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, gender differences, competition, stereotype threat

Topic Classification:

J16, C91

Abstract:

Gneezy et al. (2003) offer a partial explanation for the wage gap between men and women. In an experiment they found that women react less to competitive incentives. The task they used in their experiment can however be considered a male task. We replicate the experiment and extend it by treatments with a gender-neutral task and a female task. For the male task we replicate their results, but for the neutral task women react as strongly to incentives than men and for the female task women react stronger than men. Our findings suggest a stereotype threat explanation. Women tend not to compete with men in areas where they (rightly or wrongly) think that they will lose anyway – and the same holds for men, although to a lower extent.

Country:

Spain

Kind of Data:

behavioral experiment; paper-pencil

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Other Study Description Materials

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Citation

Title:

Guenther, C., Arslan, N., Schwieren, C. & Strobel, M. (2010) “Women can ́t jump – An experiment on competitive attitudes and stereotype threat”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 75, p. 395-401

Identification Number:

10.1016/j.jebo.2010.05.003

Bibliographic Citation:

File Description--f469

File: data_WomenCantJump.tab

Number of cases: 330
No. of variables per record: 23
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

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Variable Description

List of Variables:

code
UniqueTreat - shortcut for the treatment: F means female task; F2 means the second female task M male; N neutral. C means competitive; R random.
task - Fword: female word generating; Nword: neutral word genaerating; Mmaze: maze; Fmem: memory task
tasknum
treat - comp: competitive payment; rand: random payment
treatnum
points - performance absolut, note that this varies with the task
points_partA - Fmem consists of two parts; this is part one: memory
points_partB - Fmem consists of two parts; this is part two: destruction task
sex
sexnum - 1: male; 2: female
age
study
studycode
reliable
comments
relperf - relative performance (relative to the average of all performances of this particular task)
relperf_partA - relative perfromance part one: memory
relperf_partB - relative performance part two: destruction task
d_taskmale - dummy task male
d_taskfemale - dummy task female
d_sex - dummy sex (1: male; 0: female)
filter_$ - reliable=1 & task <> "Fword" (FILTER)

Variables

code

f469 Location:

Variable Format: character

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shortcut for the treatment: F means female task; F2 means the second female task M male; N neutral. C means competitive; R random.

f469 Location:

Variable Format: character

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Fword: female word generating; Nword: neutral word genaerating; Mmaze: maze; Fmem: memory task

f469 Location:

Variable Format: character

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tasknum

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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comp: competitive payment; rand: random payment

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Variable Format: character

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treatnum

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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performance absolut, note that this varies with the task

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Fmem consists of two parts; this is part one: memory

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Fmem consists of two parts; this is part two: destruction task

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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sex

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Variable Format: character

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1: male; 2: female

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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age

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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study

f469 Location:

Variable Format: character

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studycode

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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reliable

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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comments

f469 Location:

Variable Format: character

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relative performance (relative to the average of all performances of this particular task)

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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relative perfromance part one: memory

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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relative performance part two: destruction task

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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dummy task male

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:iv1qj8zF38r7sSvyy4A+MA==

dummy task female

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:OT2a65a+kUH87tNIrqLlxg==

dummy sex (1: male; 0: female)

f469 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:WdlulyyH9TxgQdVNzcNVsw==

reliable=1 & task <> "Fword" (FILTER)

f469 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
1.	Selected	233
0.	Not Selected	97

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:sOsOFT/FOMb/sGF+4QO89w==

Other Study-Related Materials

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WomenCantJumpExampleInstructionsMaleTaskRandomPay.docx

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application/octet-stream

Other Study-Related Materials

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WomenCantJumpExampleInstructionsMaleTaskRandomPay.pdf

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PDF-A version

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application/pdf

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Label:

WomenCantJumpExampleInstructionsNeutralTaskCompetitive.docx

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application/octet-stream

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WomenCantJumpExampleInstructionsNeutralTaskCompetitive.pdf

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PDF-A version

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