The current study examines the gender gap in SME ownership and socio-economic factors which lead women to start Small … Nuwara Eliya district where only 20% of SMEs are owned by women. However, the gender gap in SME ownership is comparatively … and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka. The study conducted enterprise survey with 329 SME owners and also household …

Allowing for a free choice of the recipient's gender in a dictator game (N = 508), we find that women show a … substantial gender biased towards females. Adding a charity recipient to the possible choices, the charity becomes the primary … recipient and overall transfers increase. Yet, conditioning on transfers to fellow students the gender bias of women remains …

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 …

positions, but a focus on gender differences in promotions provides only a partial explanation. We consider the life-cycle of … executive employment, which allows for a full characterization of the gender composition of executive management. We establish …

indicates that multiple influences shape attitudes toward 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 …

happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …