Gender Differences in Response to Setbacks: Evidence from Professional Tennis*

Gender Differences in Response to Setbacks: Evidence from Professional Tennis

Evaluation of gender-related differences in response to oxidative stress in toxoplasma gondii positive serum

  Purpose: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis. It infects up   to one third of the human population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of T.   gondii infection on induction of oxidative stress in serum of infected men and women.   Materials and Methods: This case-control study was carried out on 150 individuals who had   referred to our center ...

Performing Best When It Matters Most: Evidence from Professional Tennis

Stakes affect aggregate performance in a wide variety of settings. At the individual level, we define the critical ability as an agent’s ability to adapt performance to the importance of the situation. We identify individual critical abilities of professional tennis players, relying on point-level data from twelve years of the US Open tournament. We establish persistent heterogeneity in critica...

On the gender effects of handedness in professional tennis.

The aim of this study was to explore the effects of the gender variable in relation to other player and match characteristics on the advantage possessed by left-handed professional tennis players over their right-handed rivals. The data include 16 732 male tennis players and 16 432 female tennis players who played 438 937 and 415 346 matches, respectively, in the period from 1968 to the end of ...

Gender Differences in Response to Big Stakes

It is commonly perceived that increasing incentives improves performance. However, the reaction to increased incentives might differ between men and women, leading to gender differences in performance. In a natural experiment, we study the gender difference in performance resulting from changes in stakes. We use detailed information on the performance of high-school students and exploit the var...