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 …

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 …

compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …. The gender gap in willingness to compete is essentially zero among the lowest-ability students, but increases steadily …

/Growth/International and are more likely to specialize in Agricultural/Resource/Environmental Economics. Field-specific gender faculty ratios … and expected relative salaries as well as economics department rankings are significant factors for gender doctoral …

developments in Lemieux’s (2002) decomposition method to advance our understanding of the determinants of wage inequality in … introduction of markets and new institutions affected men’s and women’s wage inequality between 1986 and 2003. We find that wage … inequality rises substantially for both men and women. Applying the Lemieux method, we show that market forces drive the increase …

We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness … and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …

This paper focuses on how gender segmentation in labor markets shapes the local effects of international trade. We … first develop a theoretical framework that embeds trade and gender-segmented labor markets to show that foreign demand … the effects of trade on gender-segmented labor markets depend crucially on (a) the sectors that face the foreign demand …

is a gender difference in the reference point, explaining the gender difference in risk aversion observed using … average have a significantly lower reference point. By acknowledging the reference point as a potential source of gender … inequality, we can begin a new discussion on how to address this important issue. …