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Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

Across countries, women own significantly fewer businesses than do men. We show that this is due, in large part, to the fact that the propensity to start businesses of women is significantly lower than that of men. The lower propensity of women, in turn, appears to be highly correlated to...

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Decomposing the Gender Wage Gap in the Netherlands with Sample Selection Adjustments

Albrecht, James; Vuuren, Aico van; Vroman, Susan - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

In this paper, we use quantile regression decomposition methods to analyze the gender gap between men and women who …, sample selection is a serious issue. In addition to shedding light on the sources of the gender gap in the Netherlands, we … experience with the remainder due to unobservables. Our decompositions show that the majority of the gender log wage gap is due …

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Multitasking: Productivity Effects and Gender Differences

Buser, Thomas; Peter, Noemi - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

our experiment perform two different tasks according to three treatments: one where they perform the tasks sequentially …

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Gender Differences, HIV Risk Perception and Condom Use

Lammers, Judith; Wijnbergen, Sweder van; Willebrands, Daan - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

We analyze how HIV-knowledge influences condom use across the sexes. The empirical work is based on a household survey conducted among 1,979 households of a representative group of market persons in Lagos in 2008. Last-time-condom-use is analyzed based on a Probit model while correcting for...

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Why less? The Gendered Aspects of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Ownership under Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

This paper explores the gendered influence on SME development under economic transition in Lithuania. Previous studies have shown that male and female business owners are more different than similar in terms of personal and business characteristics (Brush 1992). An analysis of 332 SME owners in...

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Errors in Judicial Decisions

Sonnemans, Joep; Dijk, Frans van - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective …

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Investment, Resolution of Risk, and the Role of Affect

Winden, Frans van; Krawczyk, Michal; Hopfensitz, Astrid - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants’ preferences for resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …

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Monitoring and Pay: An Experiment on Employee Performance under Endogenous Supervision

Dittrich, Dennis; Kocher, Martin G. - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

maximization problem of the firm. As a result, monitoring and pay should be complements. In our experiment, between and within …

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Social Preferences in Private Decisions

Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - Tinbergen Institute - 2012

Social preference models were originally constructed to explain two things: why people spend money to affect the earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental situation where participants face a risky decision that...

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‘Let me dream on!’ Anticipatory Emotions and Preference for Timing in Lotteries

Kocher, Martin; Krawczyk, Michal; Winden, Frans van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …

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