This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … and can be partly explained by experience. There are no substantial gender differences on the intensive margin of …

international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that … both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials between women and men of equal … productivity. Consequently, estimates for the gender wage gap have been published for the most diverse countries at different … points in time. This metastudy provides a quantitative review of this vast amount of empirical literature on gender wage …

, therefore, use a unique example to examine this question empirically: the analysis of gender wage differentials. Here, the …

We analyze gender differences in risk-taking in high-pressure situations. Using novel data from professional athletes …

with strong resistance. We find fundamental gender differences: whereas men’s performance is unaffected by previously … previous stage. This result is linked to gender differences in psychological momentum. Detailed analysis reveals heterogeneous …

are likely to be a lower bound of overall gender differences in risk-taking behavior. …

We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National … Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games. We find that the coach's gender has a sizable and significant effect on …

make more risky decisions in the new environment. We attribute our findings to gender differences in competitiveness and …

endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …