PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Raymond Fisman
AU  - Maura O’Neill
TI  - Gender Differences in Beliefs on the Returns to Effort
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.44.4.858
DP  - 2009 Oct 02
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 858--870
VI  - 44
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/44/4/858.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/44/4/858.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2009 Oct 02; 44
AB  - We study gender differences in attitudes in the role of luck versus hard work in achieving success using data from the World Values Survey. Women are consistently more likely to report that success is a matter of luck. We consider several potential explanations: workplace discrimination, religion, household responsibilities, and political alignment. Our results favor explanations based on workplace discrimination and household responsibilities.