prospects in a laboratory experiment. Under low stakes, we find the typical risk seeking behavior for small probabilities … predicted by the prospect theory. But under high stakes, we provide some evidence that risk seeking behavior is dramatically …

prospects in a laboratory experiment. Under low stakes, we find the typical risk seeking behavior for small probabilities … predicted by the prospect theory. But under high stakes, we provide some evidence that risk seeking behavior is dramatically …

paper reports the results of a real-effort experiment in which participants choose between an individual compensation scheme … the observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less …

This paper experimentally investigates if and how people's competitiveness depends on their own gender and on the … gender of people with whom they interact. Participants are given information about the gender of the co-participant they are … already observed in the literature, we find that significantly more men than women choose the tournament. The gender of the co …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a …

period, the MFI does not co-finance projects with mainstream banks and loan size is gender-insensitive. In the second period …, the MFI does co-finance above-ceiling projects with mainstream banks, and we observe a gender gap in loan size. The … results suggest that co-financing leads the originally gender-neutral MFI to import disparate treatment from mainstream banks. …

Despite decades of gender-balanced recruitment and clear-cut criteria for promotion based on meritocracy, women in …

female investment in career, and look into the possible effect on the gender division of labor, particularly the male share …

) perspective. It provides some empirical evidence of the role played by age and gender in individuals' situation on the labour …, and their differentiation by age and gender. Second, it offers a conceptualization of time and irreversibility which helps …