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 women’s lower average levels of optimism and self-confidence, and higher …

of their motivation, do not increase their scores under relative grading. Since women slightly outperform men under … absolute grading, grading on a curve actually narrows the gender gap in performance. …

not explain sexual behavior of married women, suggesting a lack of bargaining power in HIV prevention decisions among … and females including a separate focus for married men and women. Moreover, the large predictive power of high …

We examine how multitasking affects performance and check whether women are indeed better at multitasking. Subjects in … their own schedule also perform significantly worse. Finally, our results do not support the stereotype that women are … better at multitasking. Women suffer as much as men when forced to multitask and are actually less inclined to multitask when …

In this paper, we use quantile regression decomposition methods to analyzethe gender gap between men and women who work … full time in the Nether-lands. Because the fraction of women working full time in the Netherlands isquite low, sample … selection is a serious issue. In addition to shedding light onthe sources of the gender gap in the Netherlands, we make two …

Theory predicts that entrepreneurs have distinct attitudes towards risk and uncertainty, but empirical evidence is … mixed. To better understand the unique behavioral characteristics of entrepreneurs and the causes of these mixed results, we … perform a large ‘lab-in-the-field’ experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers – a suitable comparison group – and …

positive for would-be entrepreneurs, in contrast to correlations in the data or uninstrumented estimates. Using firm data, we … also investigate how the newly insurance-induced entrepreneurs fare relative to their uninsured peers. Results suggest that …