financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are …

financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are …

country's gender equality regime. Our empirical analysis involves household data on financial asset holdings as well as on … with the greatest degree of gender inequality according to the 2009 Global Gender Gap Report. Two stages of building a …, gender is found to have no effect in Austria, the Netherlands and Spain but does have an impact in Italy. However, even for …

country's gender equality regime. Our empirical analysis involves household data on financial asset holdings as well as on … with the greatest degree of gender inequality according to the 2009 Global Gender Gap Report. Two stages of building a …, gender is found to have no effect in Austria, the Netherlands and Spain but does have an impact in Italy. However, even for …

This study appraises the role of gender in the behavior of individuals who make risky investments. The analysis bases … studies, I find no evidence for gender differences. Males and females exhibit similar levels of risk propensity and their …

This study appraises the role of gender in the behavior of individuals who make risky investments. The analysis bases … studies, I find no evidence for gender differences. Males and females exhibit similar levels of risk propensity and their …

decision making, results indicate that gender differences are a significant factor in explaining individual retirement asset …

We investigate whether there are systematic gender differences in financial investment decisions. We use an … characteristics of both investors who do and do not hold stocks. This allows us to (i) evaluate systematic gender differences in stock … market participation and to (ii) investigate if portfolio choice varies systematically across gender. Statistically, males …

designed to investigate a gender difference and were conducted by different researchers in different countries, with different …

conventional approach to examination of gender differences by explicitly controlling for investors' self-perceived risk aversion …. Our results confirm the gender stereotype only partially. We find that women are less likely to hold risky assets. However …