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 …

This study investigates the extent to which gender differences in choosing to enter competitive tournaments are due to … ability, this measure eliminates gender differences in winner-take-all tournaments and, when entered with risk measures …, eliminates differences in ranked compensation tournaments. When the sample is split by career choice, there are no gender …

We study the correlation of choice under risk in Holt-Laury lotteries for gains and losses with gender, the use of … preferences and the digit ratio are observed in either gender and/or race. Females who use hormonal contraceptives are more likely …

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 …

incentives. Gender differences in risk taking may be due to differences in subjects’ valuations of outcomes or to the way … pessimistic in the gain domain. The combination of both effects results in significant gender differences in average probability …

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 …