In addition to discrimination, market power, and human capital, gender differences in risk preferences might also … contribute to observed gender wage gaps. We conduct laboratory experiments in which subjects choose between a risky (in terms of … more likely than men to select the secure job, and these job choices accounted for between 40% and 77% of the gender wage …

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …

competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … who are overconfident and overly competitive have significantly higher earnings expectations. Moreover, gender differences … in overconfidence and competitiveness explain about 18 percent of the gender gap in earnings expectations. These …

competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … who are overconfident and overly competitive have significantly higher earnings expectations. Moreover, gender differences … in overconfidence and competitiveness explain about 18% of the gender gap in earnings expectations. These experimental …

recently. Such beliefs are false if the onset of events is in fact independent of previous events. We study gender differences …

This paper exploits data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to re-examine the gender wage gap in Germany on … the basis of inequality-adjusted measures of wage differentials which fully account for gender differences in pay … distributions. The inequalityadjusted gender pay gap measures are significantly larger than suggested by standard indicators …

This paper exploits data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to re-examine the gender wage gap in Germany on … the basis of inequality-adjusted measures of wage differentials which fully account for gender differences in pay … distributions. The inequality-adjusted gender pay gap measures are significantly larger than suggested by standard indicators …