TY - RPRT AU - Ifcher, John AU - Zarghamee, Homa TI - Competitive Preferences among Asians in the U.S. PY - 2020/Nov/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 13913 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13913 AB - The median income of Asian households is the highest of all racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. In a laboratory experiment, we examine whether Asians are more willing to compete and have greater competitive preferences than non-Asians. Both with and without controls for performance, performance improvement, and confidence, we find that Asians have significantly greater competitive preferences than non-Asians. KW - race/ethnicity KW - Asian KW - identity KW - norm KW - competitive preferences KW - willingness to compete ER -