significant gender differences in willingness to participate under competition. Among those in STEM fields, we detect no … statistical gender differences. These results and broader patterns documented in the study are consistent with significant … heterogeneity in competitiveness across both men and women, with field and career sorting resulting in differences (in gender …

favorably than equally performing men. This gender gap in self-promotion is notably persistent. It stays just as strong when we …: eliminate gender differences in confidence about performance, eliminate incentives to self-promote, provide information about …-promotion opportunities, this self-promotion gap may contribute to persistent gender gaps in education and labor market outcomes …

a larger gender wage gap. In the data women with children allocate more time to household care and are penalized by … missing work during peak hours. An equilibrium model with these key elements generates a gender wage gap of 6.6 percent or … equalized across occupations and set to a relatively low value (i.e. Health care support), the gender gap would fall by more …

. Most of the gender gap in STEM entry can be traced to differences in the rate of STEM readiness; less than a fifth is due … in STEM readiness among university entrants into two channels: one reflecting the gender gap in the fraction of high … females and males who enter university. The gender gap in the fraction of students with STEM prerequisites is small. The main …

of the data both qualitatively and quantitatively. We use the model to shed light on gender differences in labor market … outcomes that arise because of gender asymmetries in home production responsibilities. Our model generates large gender gaps in … ten hours per week increases the observed gender wage gap by roughly eleven percentage points and decreases the share of …

intersection of gender and race/ethnicity significantly reduced performance. However, the negative effect of this diversity is … substantially better when their faculty section leader was also female. Because the gender of the faculty section leader is … exogenous to the gender make-up of the entrepreneurial team, the positive performance effects can be interpreted as causal …

(verbal skills and math). We find significant gender gaps in beliefs and choices before feedback: men are more optimistic … gender gaps over time. This is particularly true among the set of individuals who receive negative feedback. We find that … after bad news. Our results highlight the challenges involved in overcoming gender gaps in dynamic settings …

-average election success (controlling for achievement). Looking beyond gender, we document similar shifts in the premium for geographic … elect candidates from outside the US. Finally, we examine gender gaps in several other major awards for US economists. We …

between men and women changes with a country's degree of gender equality. For preference dimensions that are systematically … biased toward the same gender across the globe, differences between men and women are larger in more gender-equal countries …. In contrast, for preference dimensions with a gender bias that varies across countries, the opposite holds. This finding …