individual and gender differences in competitiveness. We measure individuals' autonomic nervous system activity in a resting … self-selection into competition for women, but not for men. Overall, we find tentative evidence for gender differences in …-selection into competitive environments, but do not explain gender differences in willingness to compete …

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 …

reveal important insights on individuals acting as firms, they largely ignore individual heterogeneity, such as gender … differences. We experimentally analyze gender differences in prisoner’s dilemmas, where collusive behavior harms a passive third … less inclined to collude than men when collusion harms a third party. No gender difference can be found in the absence of a …

We conducted a controlled experiment to study how different gender frames used in the instructions affect economic … behavior. In our experiment, we systematically varied the framing of the instructions, either using the male, the female, or a … gender-inclusive form. Participants played three standard economic two-player games measuring prosocial behavior. In …

contraceptives to determine the importance of sex hormones in explaining gender differences in competitiveness. Participants in a … of progesterone on competitiveness and our results therefore provide a partial biological explanation for gender …

. Moreover, there is often a lack in diversity amongst managerial boards. We investigate the role of managers’ gender and …

first dimension and investigate gender differences in the preference for status ranking. Participants perform a task under … being personal) and whether the ranking will be done by a man or a woman. We find no gender difference in mean status …-ranking aversion when the ranking is personal. When the ranking is imposed, there are still no gender differences in the preferences …