Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

Women and men may differ in their propensity to choose a risky outcome because of innate preferences or because … 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 …

economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices … make risky choices than men at both dates. However, after eight weeks in a single-sex environment, women were significantly … observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning …

We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the …

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …

working hours using panel data on life and job satisfaction for a sample of partnered women and men. We also utilize time …

satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they …

Both in the UK and in the US, we observe puzzling gender asymmetries in the propensity to outmarry: Black men are … substantially more likely to have white spouses than Black women, but the opposite is true for Chinese: Chinese men are half less … simple preference for a taller husband, can explain a large proportion of these ethnic-specific gender asymmetries. Blacks …