@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16324,
            	author={Piasenti, Stefano and Valente, Marica and Veldhuizen, Roel van and Pfeifer, Gregor},
            	title={Does Unfairness Hurt Women? The Effects of Losing Unfair Competitions},
            	year={2023},
	month={Jul},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={16324},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16324},
	abstract={How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a significant decrease in subsequent tournament entry. However, when the prior tournament is unfair, i.e., a loss is no longer necessarily based on merit, women are more discouraged than men. These results suggest that transparent meritocratic criteria may play a key role in preventing women from falling behind after experiencing a loss.},
	keywords={competitiveness;gender;fairness;machine learning;online experiment},
            }