speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 …, we show that women are less likely to be employed in jobs using competitive compensation. The portion of the gender wage … gap explained by gender segregation in compensation schemes is small in the NLSY79 but somewhat larger in the NLSY97 …

individuals' work activities. The problem is further complicated by the presence of widespread gender stratification of work and …

This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19 …' evaluations, is larger for mathematical courses and particularly pronounced for junior women. The gender bias in teaching …. Despite the fact that neither students' grades nor self-study hours are affected by the instructor's gender, we find that …

I study whether exposure to teachers' stereotypes, as measured by the Gender-Science Implicit Association Test, affects … student achievement. I provide evidence that the gender gap in math performance substantially increases when students are … assigned to teachers with stronger gender stereotypes. Teachers' stereotypes induce girls to underperform in math and self …

In almost all European Union countries, the gender wage gap is increasing across the wages distribution. In this … returns and focus especially on those incorporating pyschological factors as an explanation of the gender gap. Research areas … differences between men and women that might lead to gender wage gaps …

This paper studies if competition affects subsequent risk-taking behaviour by means of a laboratory experiment that … manipulates the degree of competitiveness of the environment under equivalent monetary incentives. We find that competition …

related to preference for favorable inequality, with significant gender differences in the impact of these distributional … characteristics to vary by gender, the pure gender effect is explained away. We find that gender gaps in distributional preferences … along with selected personality traits are the most relevant explanations for gender differences in willingness to compete …

contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we ask: How does gender affect how individuals react to competition against …Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however …, the bulk of the research addresses competition with others and excludes other economically relevant competition that may …

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 …

competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits …