We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden … gender gap in Sweden. -- competitiveness ; risk preferences ; children ; gender differences ; experiment …

report that Japanese parents aspire to university education more for their sons than for their daughters, I argue that the … gender gap in the university advancement rate in Japan stems in part from differences in how parents allocate resources … within the household depending on the gender of their children. From the individuals' perspective, the gender composition of …

competitiveness in children, with the premise that both culture and gendered stereotypes regarding the task at hand may influence … competitive behavior. A related field experiment on Israeli children shows that only boys react to competition by running faster … when competing in a race. We here test if there is a gender gap in running among 7-10 year old Swedish children. We also …