Using the European Community Household Panel, we investigate gender differences in training participation over the … period 1994-1999. We focus on ‘lifelong learning’, fixed-term contracts, part-time versus full-time work, public …

observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …

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. …

abundant part-time work in the Netherlands is likely to be a transitional phase that will culminate in many women working full …-time. We analyze the relationship between part-time work and life satisfaction, and between job satisfaction and preferred …-use data to consider the distribution within the household of market work and housework, and discuss the work specialization …

affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university … IQ measures to proxy cognitive skills. However we do find that gender matters. While young women are significantly more … between the impact of gender on risk attitudes and the hypothetical lottery investment suggests that impatience and framing …