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Competition, confidence and gender : shifting the focus from the overconfident to the realistic

Lénárd, Tünde; Horn, Dániel; Kiss, Hubert János - 2023

confidence contributing to the gender gap in competitiveness (the preference channel). To disentangle the two channels, we … propose a more precise measure of confidence based on whether the subjects' believed performance rank exceeds, coincides with … realistic. So, even if both genders had the same level of confidence, a persistent gender gap in preference (or taste) for …

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Male and female voices in economics

Sievertsen, Hans Henrik; Smith, Sarah - 2022

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Kausalität in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Welche Ursachen hat die Finanzkrise?

Bernholz, Peter; Faber, Malte; Petersen, Thomas - 2009

Die Frage nach der Kausalität fällt in die Methodologie. Methodologie ist in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften ein Bereich, der sowohl bei Ökonomen als auch bei Philosophen kaum Beachtung findet. Ökonomik hat sich ursprünglich als eine kausal erklärende Wissenschaft verstanden. Sie wollte für...

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Do women prefer a co-operative work environment?

Kuhn, Peter J.; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2011

observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less pessimistic about …

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Fading hope in the US

Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012

A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in countries such as the US would lead to a collapse of society. Fading hopes in the population seem to confirm this. The paper rejects this interpretation since the decline in hopes cannot be traced back...

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