We present clean evidence of a direct social context effect on behavior in a laboratory experiment: the gender …

to guess which of the five gambles each of the other subjects chose, and is paid for correct guesses. The experiment is …

men and that they, in fact are - a result we also find. We ask whether this is a pure gender effect or whether there is … makers should make riskier decisions, suggesting physical prowess as an underlying cause of gender differences. These … that forecasters consistently predict the types of risky decision produced by both gender and physical prowess, but often …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a …

embodiment - has tended to be culturally associated with femininity. Research on cognitive "gender schema", then, may at least …

pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … controlled experiment in which subjects were given an opportunity to choose a risky outcome - a real-stakes gamble with a higher … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in …

This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing …

In their article "Strong Evidence for Gender Differences in Risk Taking," Gary Charness and Uri Gneezy (2012) review a … indicate only that modest differences (at most) exist at aggregate levels, such as group means. The evidence in favor of gender …

A unique examination strategy in first year microeconomics courses is used to test for gender differences in …