Description:
We study whether age is related to willingness to compete in a large sample of men and women between 19-39 years old. The age span is larger than commonly used in lab experiments, and most importantly avoids both adolescence and menopause. Our main finding is that the gender gap is smaller at older ages than at younger ages, driven by women in their 30s being more willing to enter into competition than women in their 20s. The interaction between age and gender is not explained by differences such as self-confidence or risk preferences