Lise Vesterlund

Lise Vesterlund
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation(s)	Behavioral and experimental economist

Lise Vesterlund is a behavioral and experimental economist, and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh.[1] She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[2] From 1997 to 2001, she was assistant professor at the Iowa State University.[3] She is on the board of editors of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy[4] and of the Experimental Economics journal.[5] Since 2018, she is a visiting professor at the Norwegian School of Economics.[6]

Education

Vesterlund earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Copenhagen in 1990, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1997.[7]

Research

Her research mainly focuses on charitable giving and gender differences in the labor market. She has published in leading journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics[8][9] and the American Economic Review[10] and her work has been quoted over 10000 times.[11] In her most quoted paper[11] (with Muriel Niederle), "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?", they examine in a laboratory environment how men and women react differently to competition. They find that men prefer competition as they tend to be overconfident.[9] Her research has been featured in news outlets including the New York Times,[12] the Washington Post,[13] The Atlantic,[14] Bloomberg,[15] Time magazine,[16] and CNBC.[17]

Selected works

• Andreoni, James; Harbaugh, William; Vesterlund, Lise (2003/06). "The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments, and Cooperation". American Economic Review. 93 (3): 893–902.[10]
• Andreoni, James; Vesterlund, Lise (2001-02-01). "Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (1): 293–312.[8]
• Niederle, Muriel; Vesterlund, Lise (2007-08-01). "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (3): 1067–1101.[9]

References

1. "Lise Vesterlund Home". www.lisevesterlund.com/. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
2. "Lise Vesterlund". www.nber.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
3. "Lise Vesterlund's website on Iowa State University".
4. "American Economic Association". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
5. "Experimental Economics". Springer. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
6. "Lise Vesterlund Brodkey". NHH. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
7. "Curriculum Vitae: Lise Vesterlund" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2020.
8. Andreoni, James; Vesterlund, Lise (2001-02-01). "Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (1): 293–312. doi:10.1162/003355301556419. ISSN 0033-5533.
9. Niederle, Muriel; Vesterlund, Lise (2007-08-01). "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (3): 1067–1101. doi:10.1162/qjec.122.3.1067. ISSN 0033-5533.
10. Andreoni, James; Harbaugh, William; Vesterlund, Lise (June 2003). "The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments, and Cooperation". American Economic Review. 93 (3): 893–902. doi:10.1257/000282803322157142. ISSN 0002-8282.
11. "Lise Vesterlund - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
12. Lockman, Darcy (2019-05-04). "Opinion | What 'Good' Dads Get Away With". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
13. GuoBioBio, Jeff Guo closeJeff. "Why do some studies show that women are less competitive than men?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
14. Khazan, Olga (2017-01-06). "When It's Not Worth It to Negotiate". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
15. "Can 10 Million Women Negotiate the Pay Gap Away?". Bloomberg.com. 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
16. Gandel, Stephen (2010-11-30). "Are Women Less Competitive than Men? Explaining the Gender Gap". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
17. Connley, Courtney (2018-08-27). "Report: Women should stop volunteering for 'non-promotable' tasks at work". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-03-28.