Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences …

pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … controlled experiment in which subjects were given an opportunity to choose a risky outcome - a real-stakes gamble with a higher … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in …

economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices … observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …

, have lower preferences than men for risk and competition, and may be more sensitive to social cues. These gender … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …

Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to … unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under …

principal-agent experiment that shows that consistency is valued by others and that this value is anticipated. The second … experiment underlines the crucial role of early commitment for consistency preferences. Finally we show how preferences for …

This paper investigates physiological responses to perceptions of unfair pay. In a simple principal agent experiment … experiment we record agents' heart rate variability. The latter is an indicator of stress-related impaired cardiac autonomic …