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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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Looming large or seeming small? : attitudes towards losses in a representative sample
Chapman, Jonathan; Snowberg, Erik; Wang, Stephanie; … - 2022
We measure individual-level loss aversion using three incentivized, representative surveys of the U.S. population (combined N = 3,000). We find that around 50% of the U.S. population is loss tolerant, with many participants accepting negative-expected-value gambles. This is counter to earlier...
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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 …
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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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Revisiting Gender Differences in Ultimatum Bargaining : Experimental Evidence from the US and China
Li, Shuwen - 2018
participants from a large US university and a large Chinese university. We find little evidence of gender differences across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932557
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Getting ahead : the determinants of and payoffs to internal promotion for young U.S. men and women
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2001
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper examines the role of gender in the promotion …. Specifically, how do the factors related to promotion differ for men and women? How do gender differences in promotion translate … into differences in subsequent wage growth? To what extent does the promotions gap contribute to the gender wage gap? In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401197
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Like mother, like child? : the rise of women's intergenerational income persistence in Sweden and the United States
Brandén, Gunnar; Nybom, Martin; Vosters, Kelly - 2023
We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US,...
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Risk taking in social settings : group and peer effects
Bougheas, Spiros P.; Nieboer, Jeroen; Sefton, Martin - 2013
We investigate experimentally the effect of consultation (unincentivized advice) on choices under risk in an incentivized investment task. We compare these choices to two benchmark treatments: one with isolated individual choices, and a second with group choice after communication. Our...
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Immigrants and gender roles: Assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-21
find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …
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Getting Ahead: The Determinants of and Payoffs to Internal Promotion for Young U.S. Men and Women
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2001
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper examines the role of gender in the promotion …. Specifically, how do the factors related to promotion differ for men and women? How do gender differences in promotion translate … into differences in subsequent wage growth? To what extent does the promotions gap contribute to the gender wage gap? In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262494