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 …

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of self-control and risk aversion on the gender wage gap in Australia. We … Australian gender wage gap than personality traits. We find that self-control affects both the explained and unexplained parts of … Big Five personality traits on the gender wage gap is largely a reflection of the effect of self-control, which is evident …

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of self-control and risk aversion on the gender wage gap in Australia. We … Australian gender wage gap than personality traits. We find that self-control affects both the explained and unexplained parts of … Big Five personality traits on the gender wage gap is largely a reflection of the effect of self-control, which is evident …

studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the … that management should make tournament conditions transparent and information available in order to prevent gender …

uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be studied in a controlled lab experiment. We … present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but where the number of winners is either uncertain … experiments on gender differences in competition may have measured a lower bound of differences between men and women. …

uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be studied in a controlled lab experiment. We … present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but where the number of winners is either uncertain … experiments on gender differences in competition may have measured a lower bound of differences between men and women. …

studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the … that management should make tournament conditions transparent and information available in order to prevent gender …