The underrepresentation of women at the top of hierarchies is often explained by gender differences in preferences. We … away" makes female players less successful: despite no gender gap in playing skills, women accumulate lower scores than men … characterized by self-selection into an uncertain, competitive and male-dominated environment. We observe gender differences in …

mobility. This limits women’s labor market opportunities and the pool of workers that firms, can attract. In this study, we …, women, and the differential impact of, transport exclusively for women. We show that reducing physical mobility constraints … has a large, impact on job searching for women, including women who are not searching at baseline. Women’s, response is …

experiment we let subjects choose how often they want to play a risky skill game. We find that women play only half as many … rounds in risky skill games if the influence of chance is large. There is no gender difference if the influence of chance is …

We study gender differences in bilateral bargaining using an artefactual field experiment in rural Uganda, through … variation in gender composition of bargaining pairs and in disclosure of identities. Disagreement is common independently of …, women tend to demand less than men in the same situation. The influence of beliefs on demands is stronger for men than for …

's substantive gender-related selection into competition. Nonetheless, women who are overconfident, i.e. over-estimate own abilities …This paper addresses the behavioral puzzle of women's preference for competition when competitors are also women. Using … in general, including ability, self-confidence and risk aversion, provide a satisfying explanation for women …

This paper uses a field experiment to study the effect of perceived gender norms on the motherhood penalty in the … exogenous variation in gender norms by prominently signaling patrilineal or matrilineal community origins of applicants …. Employers are less likely to callback mothers relative to women or men without children, but only if they are of patrilineal …

Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … between women’s and men’s education and career choices, and the labor market disparities that result. The experiments … presented here show that even though women are less willing than men to compete against others, they are just as willing as men …