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

Okudaira, Hiroko; Kinari, Yusuke; Mizutani, Noriko; Ohtake, Fumio; Kawaguchi, Akira

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タイトル	Older Sisters and Younger Brothers : The Impact of Siblings on Preference for Competition
著者	Okudaira, Hiroko Okudaira, Hiroko
	Kinari, Yusuke Kinari, Yusuke
	Mizutani, Noriko Mizutani, Noriko
	Ohtake, Fumio Ohtake, Fumio
	Kawaguchi, Akira Kawaguchi, Akira
キーワード等	Sibling cmpetition
	Gender gap
	Preference for competition
	Experiment
抄録	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.
公開者	The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
掲載誌名	Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers
巻	896
開始ページ	1
終了ページ	27
刊行年月	2014-03
URL	http://hdl.handle.net/11094/27111
関連情報 (references)	http://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/dp/2014/DP0896.pdf
言語	英語
カテゴリ	ディスカッション／ワーキング・ペーパー DP/WP

著者版フラグ	none
NII資源タイプ	テクニカルレポート
ローカル資源タイプ	ディスカッション／ワーキング・ペーパー
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DC.title	Older Sisters and Younger Brothers : The Impact of Siblings on Preference for Competition
DC.creator	Okudaira, Hiroko
	Kinari, Yusuke
	Mizutani, Noriko
	Ohtake, Fumio
	Kawaguchi, Akira
DC.publisher	The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
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DC.subject	Sibling cmpetition
	Gender gap
	Preference for competition
	Experiment
DCTERMS.abstract	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.
citation_title	Older Sisters and Younger Brothers : The Impact of Siblings on Preference for Competition
citation_author	Okudaira, Hiroko
	Kinari, Yusuke
	Mizutani, Noriko
	Ohtake, Fumio
	Kawaguchi, Akira
citation_publisher	The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
citation_language	英語
citation_date	2014-03
citation_journal_title	Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers
citation_volume	896
citation_firstpage	1
citation_lastpage	27
citation_public_url	http://hdl.handle.net/11094/27111
citation_keywords	Sibling cmpetition
	Gender gap
	Preference for competition
	Experiment

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