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Citations
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5175
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2441

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Muriel Niederle is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work focuses on the social sciences with a significant emphasis on economics and econometrics.

The main fields of study explored by Niederle include:

  • Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, their research spans several subfields:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Demography
  • Safety Research
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Decision Sciences

The topics Niederle addresses frequently relate to the intersections of behavior, development, and economic outcomes. Key research topics include:

  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Recent papers published by Niederle and their collaborators cover a range of issues in behavioral economics and gender dynamics, including:

  • "The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination" (2021, Management Science)
  • "Gender and the Dynamics of Economics Seminars" (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Can Competitiveness Predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures" (2024, The Review of Economics and Statistics)
  • "Can Competitiveness Predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence From Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Cognitive Limitations: Failures of Contingent Thinking" (2023, Annual Review of Economics)

Niederle collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Thomas Buser
  • Hessel Oosterbeek
  • Christine L. Exley
  • David Klinowski
  • Katherine Coffman

Their work has been published mainly in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Management Science
  • The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Annual Review of Economics

Muriel Niederle has been recognized in their field through various awards including:

  • Fellows of the Econometric Society, 2017
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2006

Best Publications

  • Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

    Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

  • Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences

    Uri Gneezy;Muriel Niederle;Aldo Rustichini

  • Gender, Competitiveness, and Career Choices*

    Thomas Buser;Muriel Niederle;Hessel Oosterbeek

  • Gender and Competition

    Muriel Niederle;Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

  • Explaining the Gender Gap in Math Test Scores: The Role of Competition

    Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

  • How Costly Is Diversity? Affirmative Action in Light of Gender Differences in Competitiveness

    Muriel Niederle;Carmit Segal;Lise Vesterlund

  • Working over Time: Dynamic Inconsistency in Real Effort Tasks

    Ned Augenblick;Muriel Niederle;Charles Sprenger

  • Managing Self-Confidence: Theory and Experimental Evidence

    Markus M. Mobius;Muriel Niederle;Paul Niehaus;Tanya S. Rosenblat

  • Gender Differences in Seeking Challenges: The Role of Institutions

    Muriel Niederle;Alexandra H Yestrumskas

  • Do Women shy away from Competition

    Lise Vesterlund;Muriel Niederle

  • Unraveling Reduces Mobility in a Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and without a Centralized Match

    Muriel Niederle;Alvin E. Roth

  • Gender Differences in Competition

    Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

  • Pre-Analysis Plans Have Limited Upside, Especially Where Replications Are Feasible

    Lucas C. Coffman;Muriel Niederle

  • The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective

    Peter Andrew Coles;John Cawley;Phillip B. Levine;Muriel Niederle

  • Managing Self-Confidence: Theory and Experimental Evidence ∗

    Muriel Niederle;Paul Niehaus;Tanya S. Rosenblat

  • Preference Signaling in Matching Markets

    Peter Andrew Coles;Alexey Kushnir;Muriel Niederle

  • Market Culture: How Rules Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance

    Muriel Niederle;Alvin E. Roth

  • The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination

    Katherine Baldiga Coffman;Christine L. Exley;Muriel Niederle;Muriel Niederle

  • The collapse of a medical labor clearinghouse (and why such failures are rare)

    C. Nicholas McKinney;Muriel Niederle;Alvin Roth

  • Fairness in bargaining

    Yoella Bereby-Meyer;Muriel Niederle

  • Market Culture: How Norms Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance

    Muriel Niederle;Muriel Niederle;Alvin E. Roth;Alvin E. Roth

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