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compensation, women are more reluctant than men to choose tournaments. These gender difference experiments have all relied on a … such as piece-rate and group pay, and removes the gender difference in compensation choices. I then examine between and …
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Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …
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Although accessing finance is key to the foundation of any business, particular concerns have been expressed about the ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance. In this paper we use an econometric approach to explore the effect of perceptions of financial barriers to start-up...
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A central question in the study of altruism has been whether there is a systematic gender difference in giving behavior …. Most experimental economics research has found that women are more generous than men. Evidence also suggests that gender … homegrown, we replicate the finding. When expectations of receiving are uniform rather than homegrown, gender differences in …
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of preference reversal than females in mixed gender sessions. However, females tend to commit higher rate of preference …
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factors such as experience, gender, marital status, Publication, Presentation, hiring and difference in sciences faculties …
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We study gender differences in preferences for mate characteristics such as perceived physical attractiveness and …
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We provide evidence on a gender bias in risk aversion among students of economics in Spain. In a sample of 1947 …
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explain more of the variation in behavior for women, and account for about half of the gender performance gap in our …
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We examine gender differences in four measures of cognitive function among older individuals in India, using the 2010 … these characteristics. We conclude that policies aimed at correcting the gender imbalance in educational outcomes may not be … sufficient to close the gender gaps in cognition. In turn, this has serious implications for a rapidly aging society like India. …
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