TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Reuben, Ernesto
AU  - Timko, Krisztina
        TI  - On the Effectiveness of Elected Male and Female Leaders and Team Coordination
        PY  - 2017/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10497
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10497
        AB  - We study the effect on coordination in a minimum-effort game of a leader's gender depending on whether the leader is democratically elected or is randomly-selected. Leaders use non-binding messages to try to convince followers to coordinate on the Pareto-efficient equilibrium. We find that teams with elected leaders coordinate on higher effort levels. Initially, the benefits of being elected are enjoyed solely by male leaders. However, this gender difference disappears with repeated interaction as unsuccessful male leaders are reelected more often than unsuccessful female leaders.
        KW  - gender differences
KW  - leadership
KW  - democracy effect
KW  - leader effectiveness
KW  - coordination
        ER  -