differences between men and women that might lead to gender wage gaps …In almost all European Union countries, the gender wage gap is increasing across the wages distribution. In this … lecture I briefly survey some recent studies aiming to explain why apparently identical women and men receive such different …

to single-sex environments they behave the same as the males. Thus, part of the observed gender difference in behaviour … under uncertainty found in previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market … consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices … regimes outlined above. In particular we investigate gender differences in competitive choices for different birth cohorts in …

they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

anonymised person whose gender is known. We found that only men respond to pressure differently in each situation; women …Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … has been suggested that these may arise because men and women respond differently to psychological pressure in competitive …