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It is widely known that significant in-sample evidence of predictability does not guarantee significant out-of-sample predictability. This is often interpreted as an indication that in-sample evidence is likely to be spurious and should be discounted. In this Paper we question this conventional...
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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 … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …
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pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … are likely to modify students' risk-taking preferences in economically important ways. To test this, we designed a … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in …
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Single-sex classes within coeducational environments are likely to modify students' risk-taking attitudes in … economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices … over real-stakes lotteries at two distinct dates. Students were randomly assigned to classes of three types: all female …
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In this paper, we propose a job assignment model allowing for a gender difference in access to jobs. Males and females …-paid jobs can be detected and quantified. We estimate the gender relative probability of getting any given job position for full …
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The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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This paper studies gender interactions within hierarchical organizations using a large data set on the duration of … discontinuity in gender-mixed electoral races decided by a narrow margin. The likelihood that a female mayor survives until the end …
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immigrants. Using unique German survey data, the paper identifies marked gender differences in the effects of ethnic …
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We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the …
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We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …
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