Working Papers

"Gender differences in the influence of competitiveness on individual and partner incomes: mating and cross-productivity effects " (with Gahye (Rosalyn) Jeon) (under review)

The study examines how competitiveness impacts future incomes of individuals and their partners in Dutch households. Individual competitiveness is linked to higher incomes for single and partnered women, as well as partnered men, but not for single men. Women's competitiveness positively affects their partner's income, indicating gender differences in competitiveness effects on incomes.

“The gender difference in mixed strategy Nash equilibrium play” (with Gahye (Rosalyn) Jeon)  (under review)

This study explores the mixed strategy Nash equilibrium (MNE) in common value pairwise all-pay auctions, showing men's bids increase with perceived opponent risk tolerance, unlike women's. It demonstrates MNE play can be tested with ordinary samples, revealing gender differences in competitive behavior related to opponent risk perception. This extends previous findings of gender disparities in professional tennis MNE play to laboratory settings.

“Marrying for height” (with Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Yu Yang, Junsen Zhang) (In preparation)

Height impacts socioeconomic inequality, especially for men. It influences mate selection, observed through online dating behavior. Medium and tall men prefer taller women, while all women prefer taller men. Short women show strong aversion to short men they later marry, even valuing height over income. Short women face marriage challenges due to height-related preferences.