Older sisters and younger brothers: The impact of siblings on preference for competition |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, 1701 North Senate Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;2. Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA;1. Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada;2. Department of Education, Concordia University, Room LB-579, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd W, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada;1. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;2. Department of Economics, Lund University, P.O. Box 7082, Lund SE-220 07, Sweden;3. Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, PA Rotterdam 3062, The Netherlands;4. Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Germany;5. Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands;1. Halle Institute for Economic Research, Department of Structural Change and Productivity, Kleine Märkerstraße 8, D-06108 Halle (Saale), Germany;2. Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Economics and Management Universitätsplatz 2, Vilfredo Pareto Building, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Psychology studies have long argued the possibility that sibling structure, such as birth order and the sex of siblings, shapes one’s personality traits. One of the core issues involved is that of who rates subjects’ personality traits in studies. The present studies (N = 135 in Study 1, N = 232 in Study 2) surpassed the examinations performed in previous studies by obtaining information regarding one of the key personality traits, preference for competition, using a framework developed via experimental economics rather than subjective ratings. Despite the fact that the two studies involved different types of task, we consistently observed that older sisters exerted a significant impact on their younger siblings in both studies. In particular, having an older sister was negatively associated with men’s competitive preferences. We also obtained suggestive evidence that having an older sister was positively associated with women’s competitive preferences. Our results support sibling hypotheses from the perspective of experimental economics. |
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| Keywords: | Sibling competition Gender Competition Personality Experimental economics |
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