This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using …-taking than female coaches on average. We also find a U-shaped age effect that is independent of gender, meaning that young and … previous studies on gender differences in risk preferences, and thereby emphasize the importance of considering the industrial …

We study the effect on coordination in a minimum-effort game of a leader's gender depending on whether the leader is … benefits of being elected are enjoyed solely by male leaders. However, this gender difference disappears with repeated …

on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in the … development of one particular aspect of personality, locus of control. Gender differences were more pronounced in the results for … gender differences. We conclude by arguing that an explicitly value-laden analysis of the rewards associated with personality …

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 whether sibling gender affects personality traits. We use the idea that if parents decide to have a …-born sibling's gender and the first sibling's personality traits is causal. We employ longitudinal data from a large British cohort …