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Bidding for the better jobs: gender differences in competitiveness

November 16, 2020Behavioral Economics Labor Economics No Comments
A woman and a man prepare to race each other

Andrej Angelovski, Jordi Brandts, and Werner Güth conduct a novel experiment in which men and women obtain ranked positions in stylized hierarchies by bidding against each other.

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Dispelling Misconceptions about Rent Control

September 26, 2019Behavioral Economics Education No Comments

Jordi Brandts, Isabel Busom, Cristina Lopez-Mayan and Judith Panadés design a field and a laboratory experiment in which they study how to dispel the widespread belief that rent control facilitates access of more people to affordable housing.

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Communication structures and social conflict

September 24, 2018Behavioral Economics No Comments

Jordi Brandts, Leonie Gerhards, and Lydia Mechtenberg conduct an experiment to explore the social dynamics of public policy-making.

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Is ranked competition constructive for women in the workplace?

September 17, 2015Behavioral Economics No Comments

Using a controlled lab experiment, Arthur Schram, Jordi Brandts, and Klarita Gërxhani find that women and men perform differently when they know beforehand that their results will be ranked and made public.

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