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Eva Ranehill

Researcher at University of Gothenburg

Publications -  52
Citations -  1265

Eva Ranehill is an academic researcher from University of Gothenburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Competition (economics) & Negative relationship. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 48 publications receiving 1048 citations. Previous affiliations of Eva Ranehill include University of Zurich & ETH Zurich.

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Gender differences in competitiveness and risk taking: comparing children in Colombia and Sweden *

TL;DR: This paper explored gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 912 in Colombia and Sweden, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices, and found that boys and girls are equally competitive in all tasks and all measures in Colombia.
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Assessing the Robustness of Power Posing No Effect on Hormones and Risk Tolerance in a Large Sample of Men and Women

TL;DR: A conceptual replication study of the findings of Carney et al. found that power posing affected levels of hormones such as testosterone and cortisol, financial risk taking, and self-reported feelings of power, and found no significant effect of power posing on hormonal levels or in any of the three behavioral tasks.
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Gender and competition in adolescence: task matters

TL;DR: In this paper, the gender differences among adolescents in Sweden in preferences for competition, altruism and risk were investigated. And they found that boys and girls are equally likely to self-select into competition in a verbal task but that boys are significantly more likely to choose to compete in a mathematical task.
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Outrunning the gender gap: Boys and girls compete equally

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore competitiveness in children, with the premise that both context and gendered stereotypes regarding the task at hand may influence competitive behavior, and find no gender difference in reaction to competition in any task; boys and girls compete equally.
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Outrunning the Gender Gap – Boys and Girls Compete Equally

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore competitiveness in children, with the premise that both context and gendered stereotypes regarding the task at hand may influence competitive behavior, and find no gender difference in reaction to competition in any task; boys and girls compete equally.