Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys? (Booth & Nolen, 2009)

The role of nurture in explaining the “stylized fact that women shy away from competition” was explored in this study. The choices made by girls from single-sex and co-educational schools was analysed when they were given the opportunity to enter a tournament in a controlled experiment. 260 British students from…
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