substantial heterogeneity in preferences, we find that women, on average, have a higher willingness to pay for jobs with greater … attributes are found to play a role in major choice, with women exhibiting greater sensitivity to nonpecuniary job attributes in …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … social norms whose nature and origin we discuss. -- competition ; tournament ; piece rate ; gender ; risk-aversion ; relative … women. Women are mainly influenced by their degree of risk aversion, but men are not. Men compete more against men than …

consistent with social image concerns. The second experiment shows that dishonest individuals prefer to interact with a machine …

prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen … timing in women's spike in labor force attachment. Parental assortative mating is also an important factor in both countries …

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 …

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 …

Although women earn approximately 50 percent of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) bachelor's degrees …, more than 70 percent of scientists and engineers are men. We explore a potential determinant of this STEM gender gap using …

; Gender ; Competition ; Aggression ; Dominance ; Risk-taking ; Endocrinological economics … with salivary progesterone when controlling for gender, the use of hormonal contraceptives, and demographics. This also …

, we show that women are less likely to be employed in jobs using competitive compensation. The portion of the gender wage …Evidence that women are less likely to opt into competitive compensation schemes in the laboratory has generated … 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 …Evidence that women are less likely to opt into competitive compensation schemes in the laboratory has generated … speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 …