%0 Report
        %A Cohen-Zada, Danny
%A Krumer, Alex
%A Rosenboim, Mosi
%A Shapir, Offer Moshe
        %T Choking under Pressure and Gender: Evidence from Professional Tennis
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10587
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10587
        %X We exploit a unique setting in which two professionals compete in a real-life tennis contest with high monetary rewards in order to assess how men and women respond to competitive pressure. Comparing their performance in low-stakes versus high-stakes situations, we find that men consistently choke under competitive pressure, but with regard to women the results are mixed. Furthermore, even if women show a drop in performance in the more crucial stages of the match, it is in any event about 50% smaller than that of men. These findings are robust to different specifications and estimation strategies.
        %K gender
%K performance
%K competitive pressure
%K tennis
%K choking