Differences in Competitiveness at a Young Age: An Experiment
| Thesis title in Czech: | Rozdíly v soutěživosti v dětském věku: experiment |
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| Thesis title in English: | Differences in Competitiveness at a Young Age: An Experiment |
| Key words: | soutěživost; rozdíl mezi pohlavími; experiment; děti |
| English key words: | competitiveness; gender differences; experiment; children |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2011/2012 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES) |
| Supervisor: | doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned by the advisor |
| Date of registration: | 05.06.2012 |
| Date of assignment: | 05.06.2012 |
| Date and time of defence: | 09.09.2013 00:00 |
| Venue of defence: | IES |
| Date of electronic submission: | 16.05.2013 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 09.09.2013 |
| Opponents: | doc. PhDr. Lubomír Cingl, Ph.D. |
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| References |
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Bertrand, Marianne and Hallock, Kevin (2001). „The Gender Gap in Top Corporate Jobs.” National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, MA) Working Paper No. 7931 Booth, Alison L. and Patrick J. Nolen (2009). „Choosing to compete: How different are girls and boys?” IZA Discussion Paper 4027. Gneezy, Uri and Aldo Rustichini (2004). „Gender and competition at a young age,” American Economic Review, 94(2): 378–381 Niederle, Muriel and Lise Vesterlund (2007). „Do women shy away from competition? Do men compete too much?” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(3): 1067–1101. Niederle, Muriel, Vesterlund, Lise (2008). „Gender differences in competition,“ Negotiation Journal 24 (4), 447–463. Jurajda S., Münich D. 2008. „Gender gap in admission performance under competitive pressure,“ CERGE-EIWork. Pap. wp371, Cent. Econ. Res. Grad. Educ.–Econ. Inst., Prague |
| Preliminary scope of work |
| Jaké faktory vysvětlují rozdíly v soutěživosti v dětském věku? Je to pohlaví, počet sourozenců, rodinné prostředí, věk, vzdělání rodičů? Jsou děti více soutěživé, když vítěz dostane odměnu? Odpovědi na tyto otázky nám můžou pomoci odkrýt, čím se odvozuje úspěch či neúspěch dětí jak v současnosti, tak i v budoucnosti.
V této práci budu pozorovat vzorek dětí z Prahy (CZ) v soutěžní disciplíně a pomocí regresní analýzy se pokusím odpovědět na výše položené otázky. Osnova: 1. Úvod 2. Konstrukce experimentu 3. Výsledky 4. Závěr |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| What drives differences in competitiveness at a young age? Is it gender, number of siblings, family background, age, parent’s education? Are children more competitive when payoffs are promised to the winner? Answers to these questions could help us analyze what derives the success or failure of children, both in the present and in the future.
In this study I will observe the sample of children from Prague, Czech Republic, in a competitive activity and using regression analysis I will attempt to answer these questions. Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Experimental design 3. Results 4. Conclusion |