Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …

We examine behavioral gender differences and gender pairing effects in a laboratory experiment with face … than female employers pay to male employees. Moreover, we find gender differences in the first offers of the bargaining …

possible outcome reporting bias using gender differences in risk attitudes. There is a strong consensus view in the …, however, does not support the consensus: only a tiny fraction of the replications displays gender differences. This striking … distance between the consensus and the data gathered with this elicitation task allows us to test directly for the presence of …

they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

Many studies document systematic gender differences in a variety of important economic preferences, such as risk … from gender differences in simple economic choice tasks, to voting over policy and to the resulting outcomes. We conduct a … laboratory experiment to provide a test of such a connection. In small laboratory “societies,” people repeatedly vote for a …

they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits …

other evidence regarding numerical cognition, and test its ability to explain the choice frequencies that we observe in a …