stock market, aiming to disentangle the different channels playing a role in this decision. Gender role asymmetry is … indicated by the country's rank in the gender equality index of the World Economic Forum. Using data from four national … household surveys, we find that in Italy - the country with highly asymmetric gender role prescriptions - women's risk …

This study investigates the role of gender in financial risk-taking. Specifically, I ask whether female investors tend … expected return and its standard deviation, whereas standard deviation serves as a measure of risk. Gender differences … of risk preferences across investors. Estimation results provide no evidence of gender differences in investors' risk …

remains significant at conventional levels. We carry out the same exercise for patience and document no significant gender …

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 …