Preferences - concerning time, risk and social interactions - systematically shape human behavior, and contribute to … differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six … to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity as well as trust. Gender differences in preferences …

We show that countries that take on more international risk are rewarded with higher expected consumption growth …. International risk is defined as the beta of a country’s consumption growth with world consumption growth. High-beta countries hold …