Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

This paper studies gender differences in strategic situations. In two experimental guessing games - the beauty contest … an internet experiment with more than 1,000 participants. We find that men, on average, perform more steps of reasoning …

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 …

We study the effect of likability on female and male team behavior in a lab experiment. Extending a two-player public … on gender differences in labor market outcomes: mutual dislikability impedes team behavior, except in all-male teams …

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to male enrollment rate ratio …

This paper analyzes to what extent gender culture affects gender gap in employment. Drawing on Italian data, we measure …’ attitudes. Firms’ beliefs, which express their set of ideas, values and norms, though generally neglected, are as important as … gender culture based on firms’ attitudes is significant in explaining gender gap in employment in Italian provinces. We show …

the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …

-stakes game, and controlling for performance differences, there is no gender gap in risk-taking among girls and boys in contrast …