TY - RPRT AU - Nekby, Lena AU - Thoursie, Peter Skogman AU - Vahtrik, Lars TI - Gender and Self-Selection Into a Competitive Environment: Are Women More Overconfident Than Men? PY - 2007/May/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 2794 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2794 AB - Using a large running race in Sweden, this study shows that there are male-dominated environments in which the selection of women who participate are more likely to be confident/competitive and that, within this group, performance improves equally for both genders. KW - overconfidence KW - competitiveness KW - gender differences ER -