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We study the role of face-to-face interaction for gender differences in deceptive behavior and perceived honesty. In … perceived honesty matters and men's truthfulness rises way beyond the level of women. To elaborate on these gender differences …
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gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10-12), 310 teenagers … Daily Double wagering decisions. We identify no noticeable gender differences in our competitive measures throughout all … three samples, but this result changes when considering risk-taking. Although we identify no gender differences in wagering …
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related to preference for favourable inequality, with significant gender differences in the impact of these distributional … characteristics to vary by gender, the pure gender effect is explained away. We find that gender gaps in distributional preferences … along with selected personality traits are the most relevant explanations for gender differences in willingness to compete …
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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 …
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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 …
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We study how admission policies in higher education affect enrollment decisions of men and women and the decision to apply to STEM programs. More specifically, we investigate how an increase in the relative acceptance probability for STEM programs affects these decisions. We apply our analysis...
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This paper presents the application of differential semantics to identify the semantic space (structure) used by men and women to describe their perception of properties on sale. 112 men and 43 women evaluated 112 images of flats on sale at the time of the study in the city of Valencia (Spain)...
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We study gender differences in decision-making strategy when applying for college using applications data for all … examine how the college choices of equally achieving students differ by gender. We find that female students better balance … for a particular college. When we investigate how effects differ across the achievement distribution, we find that gender …
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