eprintid: 31754
rev_number: 22
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3114
dir: disk0/00/03/17/54
datestamp: 2022-06-10 11:39:05
lastmod: 2022-06-15 14:45:43
status_changed: 2022-06-10 11:39:05
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Lambrecht, Marco
creators_name: Oechssler, Jörg
title: Do women shy away from risky skill games?
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
keywords: gender, risk, competitiveness
abstract: A risky skill game is a game in which skill plays an important role but outcomes are also strongly influenced by random factors. Examples are poker or blackjack but also many economic activities like trading on financial markets. In an online experiment we let subjects choose how often they want to play a risky skill game. We find that women play only half as many rounds in risky skill games if the influence of chance is large. There is no gender difference if the influence of chance is small or if outcomes depend exclusively on chance.
date: 2022-06
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00031754
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0717
ppn_swb: 1806876264
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-317545
language: eng
bibsort: LAMBRECHTMDOWOMENSHY202206
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0717
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
pages: 28
citation:   Lambrecht, Marco ; Oechssler, Jörg  (2022) Do women shy away from risky skill games?  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/31754/1/Lambrecht_Oechssler_2022_dp717.pdf