Women matched men in laboratory bidding for top positions

Women matched men in laboratory bidding for top positions

Women did not bid less competitively than men in a laboratory simulation of career advancement and won more top positions over repeated rounds. The result questions one narrow explanation for the leadership gap, but it does not show how women fare in real promotion processes or measure workplace discrimination. The distinction matters because women remain underrepresented in management. Women accounted for 40.1% of global employment in 2025 but …