Older Sisters and Younger Brothers : The Impact of Siblings on Preference for Competition

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Author: Okudaira, Hirokoほか

Publisher: The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

Publication date: 2014-03

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Note (General)：: Studies in psychology have long argued the possibility that sibling structure, such as birth order and the gender of siblings, shapes one’s feminine a...

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Material Type: 文書・図像類
Title: Older Sisters and Younger Brothers : The Impact of Siblings on Preference for Competition
Author/Editor: Okudaira, Hiroko
Kinari, Yusuke
Mizutani, Noriko
Ohtake, Fumio
Kawaguchi, Akira
Author Heading: Okudaira, Hiroko
https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000080550954
Kinari, Yusuke
https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000010509855
Mizutani, Noriko
https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000060551075
Ohtake, Fumio
https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000050176913
Kawaguchi, Akira
https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000050257903
Publication, Distribution, etc.: The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
Publication Date: 2014-03
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2014-03
Periodical title: Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers
No. or year of volume/issue: 896
Volume: 896
Pages: 1-27
Text Language Code: eng
Subject Heading: Sibling cmpetition
Gender gap
Preference for competition
Experiment
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): Studies in psychology have long argued the possibility that sibling structure, such as birth order and the gender of siblings, shapes one’s feminine and masculine personality traits, such as a preference for competition. In light of recent developments in the economics literature on the gender gap, this implies that familial environment could explain why some women do opt for competition, while the vast majority of women do not and, thus, are underrepresented on the career ladder. By conducting a controlled experiment on Japanese high school students, this study quantifies the impact of sibling structure on one’s preference for competition, and examines whether a long-debated sibling hypothesis in psychology is supported from the viewpoint of experiment al economics. Consistent with the hypothesis, our results reveal that men with older sisters were significantly less likely to enter a competitive environment compared with only sons. This effect is comparable in size to the effect of being female on the decision to compete. Our study also found moderate evidence that women with younger brothers were more likely to compete than only daughters.
References (URI): http://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/dp/2014/DP0896.pdf
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http://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/dp/2014/DP0896.pdf
Data Provider (Database): 国立情報学研究所 : 学術機関リポジトリデータベース（IRDB）（機関リポジトリ）
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Original Data Provider (Database): 大阪大学 : 大阪大学学術情報庫　桜華