La Madre Competitiva: An Experimental Study of Women's Competitiveness in Medellin, Colombia

<p>Abstract:</p> This project is a follow up to Cassar, Wordofa, and Zhang (2015), which aimed at testing whether extending incentives beyond cash would alter the estimated competitive tendencies of men and women. Here we extend this work to an urban Colombian setting. In the previous study conducted in China, men have proven more competitive than women; however, once the incentive changes to a child-benefitting voucher, women increased their likeliness to compete. This research uses statistical and regression analysis to test whether or not women become more competitive when competing for a voucher, which directly benefits their child as opposed to cash. The results show that, in this urban Colombian setting, women prove equally competitive to their male counterparts regardless of the incentive. Interestingly, forced displacement proves to be a key determinant of a woman’s desire to compete.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in International and Development Economics (MSIDEC)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Lambert, Miranda I

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alessandra Cassar

• Gender
• Competitiveness
• Displacement
• Economics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/232

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1297