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Male and female competitive behavior : experimental evidence
Gupta, Nabanita Datta (contributor);  … - 2005
social norms whose nature and origin we discuss. -- competition ; tournament ; piece rate ; gender ; risk-aversion ; relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280790
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Is the willingness to take financial risk a sex-linked trait? : evidence from national surveys of household finance
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2013
country’s gender equality regime. Our empirical analysis involves household data on financial asset holdings as well as on … with the greatest degree of gender inequality according to the 2009 Global Gender Gap Report. Two stages of building a …, gender is found to have no effect in Austria, the Netherlands and Spain but does have an impact in Italy. However, even for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720879
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Is the willingness to take financial risk a sex-linked trait? : evidence from national surveys of household finance
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2013
country's gender equality regime. Our empirical analysis involves household data on financial asset holdings as well as on … with the greatest degree of gender inequality according to the 2009 Global Gender Gap Report. Two stages of building a …, gender is found to have no effect in Austria, the Netherlands and Spain but does have an impact in Italy. However, even for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723924
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Performance pay, competitiveness, and the gender wage gap : evidence from the United States
McGee, Andrew D.; McGee, Peter; Pan, Jessica - 2014
speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 …, we show that women are less likely to be employed in jobs using competitive compensation. The portion of the gender wage … gap explained by gender segregation in compensation schemes is small in the NLSY79 but somewhat larger in the NLSY97 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417958
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Performance Pay, Competitiveness, and the Gender Wage Gap : Evidence from the United States
McGee, Andrew - 2014
speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 …, we show that women are less likely to be employed in jobs using competitive compensation. The portion of the gender wage … gap explained by gender segregation in compensation schemes is small in the NLSY79 but somewhat larger in the NLSY97 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044911
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Aging, probability weighting, and reference point adoption : an experimental study
Suzuki, Ayako (contributor); Kume, Koichi (contributor) - 2008
We examine generational differences in risk-taking behavior by means of a laboratory experiment with monetary incentives. We estimate the parameterized models in the framework of cumulative prospect theory and examine the risk aversion, probability weightings and reference point adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757815
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Patient preferences and treatment thresholds under diagnostic risk : an economic laboratory experiment
Krieger, Miriam; Mayrhofer, Thomas - 2012
We study risk-aversion and prudence in medical treatment decisions. In a laboratory experiment, we investigate the frequency and intensity of second- and third-order risk preferences, as well as the effect of the medical decision context. Risk preferences are assessed through treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669833
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Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding
Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard - 2009 - Rev.
; menstrual cycle ; gender ; likelihood of conception ; first price auction ; risk behavior ; competition ; bidding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003878997
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Sex hormones and competitive bidding
Schipper, Burkhard - 2012
with salivary progesterone when controlling for gender, the use of hormonal contraceptives, and demographics. This also … ; Gender ; Competition ; Aggression ; Dominance ; Risk-taking ; Endocrinological economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009544159
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The impact of gender on individual decisions : evidence from the "Millionaire Show"
Lehmann, Erik; Warning, Susanne - 2003
the game show 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'. It turns out that i) there are gender differences in choosing a lottery or …. -- Decision-making under uncertainty ; Gender differences ; gambling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009491054