Men are known to have a higher taste for competition than women. This paper presents an experiment that analyses the … different determinants of the choice to enter a competition : beliefs and the competition level. As far as entry in the … competition is concerned, low-performing subjects adapt their decision entry to the level of the competition, whereas high …

explain recent findings that women shy away from competition, demanding jobs and wage negotiations, as entering these …We analyze how subjects’ self-assessment depends on whether its accuracy is observable to others. We find that women … downgrade their selfassessment given observability while men do not. Women avoid the shame they may have if others observe that …

information exchange, increases employment probabilities of women. However, when accounting for sub-national regional differences …

This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education - entertainment) radio leads to improved women …'s status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in …, both approaches show that the exposure had a significant impact on behavior by raising the women's decision-making power …

experiment in which the shares of females in workgroups for first year students in economics and business are manipulated and … early in the year. Overall, however, we find no substantial gender peer effects on achievement. This in spite of the fact …

published articles from the economics literature on gender and risk aversion. The results demonstrate that the supposedly â …

published articles from the economics literature on gender and risk aversion. The results demonstrate that the supposedly â …

the probability of employment for women – contradicting the Becker (1957)-hypothesis of international competition … mitigating discrimination in employment. However, accounting for sub-national regional gender heterogeneity reveals that the …

In this laboratory experiment, we show that people incorporate irrelevant group information when evaluating others … themselves perform well. This group-bias occurs both in a gendered setup, where women form the worse performing group, and in a …

different gender. …