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 …

that management should make tournament conditions transparent and information available in order to prevent gender …

experiments on gender differences in competition may have measured a lower bound of differences between men and women. …

experiments on gender differences in competition may have measured a lower bound of differences between men and women. …

that management should make tournament conditions transparent and information available in order to prevent gender …

strong evidence for gender-specific norms in risk taking. While these explain part of the existing gender gap in risk taking …

standard deviation formula. These results are consistent for sub-groups of individuals, by gender, age, education and …