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 …

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

both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. … international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that …

auction market affects the bidding behavior of inexperienced bidders, and gender plays an important role: Inexperienced males …

both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. -- gender wage gap … international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that … ; competition ; equal treatment law …

plants, we investigate the effect of product market competition on the gender pay gap. Controlling for match fixed effects we …Using linked employer-employee panel data for West Germany that include direct information on the competition faced by … find that intensified competition significantly lowers the unexplained gap in plants with neither collective agreements nor …

plants, we investigate the effect of product market competition on the gender pay gap. Controlling for match fixed effects we …Using linked employer–employee panel data for West Germany that include direct information on the competition faced by … find that intensified competition significantly lowers the unexplained gap in plants with neither collective agreements nor …