Women's Empowerment, Sibling Rivalry, and Competitiveness : Evidence from a Lab Experiment and a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda

This study looks at how a community event—adolescent women's economic and social empowerment -- and a family factor -- sibling sex composition—interact in shaping gender differences in preferences for competition. To do so, a lab-in-the-field experiment is conducted using competitive games layered over the randomized rollout of a community program that empowered adolescent girls in Uganda. In contrast with the literature, the study finds no gender differences in competitiveness among adolescents, on average. It also finds no evidence of differences in competitiveness between girls in treatment and control communities, on average. However, in line with the literature, in control communities the study finds that boys surrounded by sisters are less competitive. Strikingly, this pattern is reversed in treatment communities, where boys surrounded by (empowered) sisters are more competitive.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Buehren, Niklas, Goldstein, Markus, Leonard, Kenneth, Montalvao, Joao, Vasilaky, Kathryn
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-06
Subjects:	EMPOWERMENT, CHILD HEALTH, OLDER SISTERS, SOCIAL NORMS, GAYS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, SEX ROLE, SOCIALIZATION, CHILD POLICY, PSYCHOLOGY, FAMILY STRUCTURE, BROTHERS, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, CULTURAL NORMS, PUBERTY, BIRTH ORDER, EARLY ADULTHOOD, WILL, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, DEMOGRAPHY, GENDER EQUALITY, YOUNG WOMEN, LABOR MARKET, MARITAL STATUS, GENDER GAP, IDENTITY, BOYS, GENDER NORMS, ORGANIZATIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE, MARRIAGE, COMPENSATION, RESIDENCE, FEMALE WORKERS, INFORMED CHOICES, RISK TAKING, EARLY CHILDBEARING, ADOLESCENT CLUBS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADULTHOOD, LESBIANS, YOUNG MEN, SEX DIFFERENCES, REPRODUCTION, WHO, ADOLESCENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, GENDER DIFFERENCES, SISTERS, LABOUR MARKET, FAMILY, GENDER IDENTITY, AGE, GENDER, EDUCATIONAL CHOICES, ADOLESCENTS, CHILDBEARING, PARENTS, SEX, CULTURES, GENDER DIFFERENCE, CHILDREN, CHILD, HOUSEHOLDS, EQUALITY, GENDER ROLES, ADOLESCENT, YOUNG PEOPLE, GIRLS, GENDER COMPOSITION, SOCIETY, NORMS, FERTILITY, FAMILIES, WOMEN, INHERITANCE, TABOOS, FEMALE, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26442870/womens-empowerment-sibling-rivalry-competitiveness-evidence-lab-experiment-randomized-control-trial-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24537
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