This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … average, are less likely than men to overestimate their ability. This result is robust to different measures of overconfidence … and can be partly explained by experience. There are no substantial gender differences on the intensive margin of …

This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … average, are less likely than men to overestimate their ability. This result is robust to different measures of overconfidence … and can be partly explained by experience. There are no substantial gender differences on the intensive margin of …

whether nominations close this gender gap. For example, are male nominators more willing than female nominators to enter … nominees into competitions. Further, we consider the interaction between nominator and nominee gender. For example, do men shy … away from entering women into competitions, or do they make them compete too much? We find a gender gap in neither …

mechanisms behind selection of different types of incentives. Our laboratory experiment characterizes the ways in which male and … in the treatment where their workers can observe their gender. The results are not due to priming, but are rather … consistent with the explanation that women conform to gender stereotypes in anticipation of subsequent evaluation by workers …

depending on the dictator’s gender. We find that only men react positively to a text that stresses their responsibility for the …

on the workers performance in the task. The results indicate that when given information about worker ability, male … worker ability is given to the manager there is no difference in compensation choice for the worker although male and female …