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our interpretation. -- Competition, piece rate ; revenue sharing ; gender-task stereotype ; experiment …Gender-specific patterns of self-selection into competitive and cooperative environments may have multiple reasons. One … comes to preferences regarding competition. We take a different point of view and claim that gender-task stereotypes are …
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We conduct a real-effort task experiment where subjects' performance translates into a donation to a charity. In a …
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scientists’ sense of identification with these peers. A mediation analysis further indicates that gender-related differences in … behavior ; Gender …
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The determinants of risk attitude in couples are explored using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period 2004 to 2009. The focus of the analysis is the repeated responses to the survey question about general willingness to take risk. Responses to this question are provided on a...
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We consider in this paper whether the gender mix at the level of decision-makers in firms can influence gender … representation at the employee level. We run a laboratory experiment whereby we present a pair of independent employers with … applications from two potential employees. We consider whether the gender of the other employer will influence an employerś hiring …
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redistribution and public spending are affected by gender, income and expected future living standard. Applying the concept of the … represent a further step towards understanding the gender gap in preferences for redistributive spending. …
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aversion, but the gender trading gap vanishes as risk aversion lessens. The reason is that the trading activity of women seems …
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experiment for analysing the effects of political regimes on economic behaviour. This paper contributes to this literature by …
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I conduct an online survey of 3,000 respondents in the United States to examine individuals' beliefs about the gender … pension gap. By including an information provision experiment in which treated respondents are informed about the size of the … gender pension gap, I examine whether receiving this information causally affects respondents' perceptions of the fairness …
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