Important gender differences in earnings and career trajectories persist. Particularly, in professions such as business …. Gender differences in competitiveness have been proposed as a potential explanation. Using an incentivized measure of … competitiveness, this paper investigates whether competitiveness explains future gender differences in earnings and industry choice in …

Although the gender gap in entrepreneurs' success rates to secure funding is staggering, we know little about its … comprehensive data of 4,893 interactions from the popular US television show Shark Tank, we test whether gender match with … with female (rather than male) entrepreneurs, while no systematic gender preferences emerge for male investors. This result …

We document gender differences in the price paid for work-related air travel among similar workers within a firm. We … women booking flights earlier than men. We investigate potential mechanisms that could explain the observed gender … differences. We find that gender differences increase with age, but we find no deviation from this trend during the childbearing …

extends to various aspects of self-reported job satisfaction, by gender and personality traits as per the Big-Five framework …

Do gender disparities in academia reflect that female scholars are held to higher standards than males? We address this … makes the same career step. In most domains, this reflects a gender gap for "marginal" scholars, consistent with lower merit …

extends to various aspects of self-reported job satisfaction, by gender and personality traits as per the Big-Five framework …

indicates that multiple influences shape attitudes towards competition during different periods of the life cycle. Gender … order to reduce the gender gap in educational and labor market outcomes, it is crucial to understand when and why gender …