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This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … the involvement of women in society and the absence of corruption. However, once country-fixed effects are acknowledged … corruption by 2.5 index points (scale from zero to ten). Surprisingly, the link between the share of women in the labor force and …
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of professional success is beating older top ranked juniors. Our results reveal stark gender differences. For example …
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.1 percent in the wager. In terms of magnitude, anchoring is marginally more pronounced for women with an elasticity of 0 …
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women's tour. These results prevail throughout a series of extensions and robustness checks, highlighting gender differences …
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This paper analyzes potential gender differences in competitive environments using a sample of over 100 …, we also find evidence for top players winning more tie-breaks at Grand Slams. Overall, we find virtually no gender …
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the gender gap in competitive behavior. Our findings indicate that gender differences disappear when women compete against …Using 4,279 episodes of the popular US game show Jeopardy!, we analyze whether the opponents' gender is able to explain … correctly, and (iii) respond correctly in high-stakes situations. Even risk preferences in wagering decisions, where gender …
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This paper presents evidence suggesting men's (but not women's) risk and time preferences have systematically become … impatience to a rise in their region's unemployment rate - but only since 2008. We find no such relationship for women or before … a potential mechanism, higher regional unemployment rates are also linked to men (but not women) being more unhappy …
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gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10-12), 310 teenagers … Daily Double wagering decisions. We identify no noticeable gender differences in our competitive measures throughout all … three samples, but this result changes when considering risk-taking. Although we identify no gender differences in wagering …
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Although the gender gap in entrepreneurs' success rates to secure funding is staggering, we know little about its … comprehensive data of 4,893 interactions from the popular US television show Shark Tank, we test whether gender match with … with female (rather than male) entrepreneurs, while no systematic gender preferences emerge for male investors. This result …
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There exists a persistent disagreement in the literature over the effect of business cycles on economic growth. This paper offers a solution to this disagreement, suggesting that volatility carries a positive direct effect, but also a negative indirect effect, operating through the insurance...
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