%0 Report
        %A Buser, Thomas
%A Oosterbeek, Hessel
        %T The Anatomy of Competitiveness
        %D 2023
        %8 2023 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 16224
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp16224
        %X A large empirical literature in behavioral economics investigates heterogeneity across individuals and groups in preferences for competition. In this study, we provide a more detailed view on competitiveness by differentiating between four different motivations for entering competitions – enjoyment of competition, desire to win, competition for personal development, and general challenge seeking. 
We investigate which of these dimensions are picked up by traditional measures of competitiveness; how they predict individual and gender differences in career outcomes including income, holding a leadership position, and entrepreneurship; how they predict wellbeing; and how they relate to other personality traits, skills, and preferences.

        %K competitiveness
%K personality traits
%K labor market outcomes
%K leadership
%K gender