This study questions the popular stereotype that women are more risk averse than men in their financial investment … financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are …

other hand, my results indicate that women's empowerment can be a driving force for the success of female soccer. …

This research studies the stylized fact of a "gender gap" in that women tend to have lower financial literacy than men …'s low financial literacy, nor by women's high income and good education. Rather, it seems influenced by country … abilities or secondary school enrollment, and women's strong role in financial affairs. This may indicate ways to reduce the …

women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in …

This paper addresses the behavioral puzzle of women's preference for competition when competitors are also women. Using … in general, including ability, self-confidence and risk aversion, provide a satisfying explanation for women …'s substantive gender-related selection into competition. Nonetheless, women who are overconfident, i.e. over-estimate own abilities …