We study gender differences in exiting competitive environments by exploiting the “naturalistic experiment” of a TV … game show where participants were self-selected and there were no gender-specific constraints or discrimination. In … with behavior to maintain “glass ceilings” and explains the differential gender-related risk attitudes observed. …

This study investigates the extent to which gender differences in choosing to enter competitive tournaments are due to … women's lower taste for competition or differences in confidence. We examine three types of confidence and find that … ability, this measure eliminates gender differences in winner-take-all tournaments and, when entered with risk measures …

when confronted with decisions involving risk. These differences in risk preferences, when combined with gender differences … in other behavioral traits, such as fondness for competition, have been used to explain important phenomena in labor and … financial markets. Recent evidence has challenged this consensus, however, finding gender differences in risk attitudes to be …

Past studies of gender and hierarchy document that the proportion of women declines as one looks up levels of the … do males. In addition to these gender differences at the point of application, we find evidence that demand …

This paper analyzes the gender distribution of research fields in economics based on a new dataset of almost 1 … more evenly across fields. -- men and women-economists ; research fields ; gender segregation , path …

candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an … institutionalized demand-side barriers rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints …

Australia it remains around 17%. Interestingly, the gender pay gap is relatively small for the young but increases as men and … explain these wage patterns? And what can governments do to speed up wage convergence to close the gender pay gap? Clearly …, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue. …

the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …