explore the link between the gender gap in stock market participation and financial literacy. Using survey data on a random … the gender gap in stock market participation. We also find that women report being less risk taking than men. This gender …

market than men. This gender pattern in market participation rates holds when we control for household features …, characteristics of both spouses, and their interactions and relative decision-making power. We also show that the gender difference in … confirm the influence of cultural gender norms among older households. The gender difference in stock market participation is …

stock market, aiming to disentangle the different channels playing a role in this decision. Gender role asymmetry is … indicated by the country's rank in the gender equality index of the World Economic Forum. Using data from four national … household surveys, we find that in Italy - the country with highly asymmetric gender role prescriptions - women's risk …