, albeit only for women. Women in a better than normal mood tend to exhibit mood-congruent behavior, i.e. they weight … probabilities of gains and losses relatively more optimistically. Men’s probability weights are not responsive to mood state. We … find that the application of a mechanical decision criterion, such as the maximization of expected value, immunizes men …

We document an increase in intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Sweden during the first wave of the Covid …

on an index of female agency and women's sexual and fertility preferences. Gender-targeted aid has a further positive … impact on women's sexual and fertility preferences, and more tentatively on an index focusing on gender-based violence …. However, the positive impact of gender-targeted aid disappears in patrilineal communities, and men's attitudes towards female …

municipalities with women councilors devote more resources to social investments. In particular, women politicians prioritize …