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 …

This paper analyzes gender differences in the disposition effect in an experiment based on Weber and Camerer (1998 …

Laboratory experiments involving a real effort task are conducted to examine the importance of gender differences in … competition aversion for generating gender wage gaps. Cross-subject design treatment and control experiments suggest that gender … differences in risk aversion play no significant role in competitive (tournament) vs. piece-rate job choices and consequent gender …

menus. Applications involve using inferred risk preferences to document demographic effects, e.g. gender, and to explain the …

We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes about risk preferences … matrilineal Teop in Papua New Guinea. We find no gender differences in actual risk preferences, but evidence for culture …

. In addition personal attitudes such as willingness to take risks and relative self-assessment as well as gender affect …

. In addition personal attitudes such as willingness to take risks and relative self-assessment as well as gender affect …

The present paper contributes to the controversy regarding gender differences in risk taking by investigating the … correlation of risks play an important role in the discussion of gender differences in risk taking. …