Children Do Not Behave Like Adults: Gender Gaps In Performance and Risk Taking In A Random Social Context In the High‐Stakes Game Shows Jeopardy and Junior Jeopardy
利用瑞典版《Jeopardy》和《Junior Jeopardy》的独特面板数据，比较10-11岁儿童与成人在高风险游戏中的认知表现和投注行为，发现儿童中不存在性别风险承担差异，且女性行为对社会情境的敏感度不同。
Using unique panel data, we compare the cognitive performance and wagering behaviour of children (10–11 years) with that of adults playing the Swedish version of the TV shows Jeopardy and Junior Jeopardy. Although facing the same well known high‐stakes game, and controlling for performance differences, there is no gender gap in risk taking between girls and boys in contrast to adults; while girls assume more risk than women, boys assume less risk than men. We also find that female behaviour is differently sensitive to social context. Whereas women wager less, girls perform worse and employ inferior wagering strategies when randomly assigned to male opponents.