This paper studies gender differences in performance in a male‐dominated competitive environment chess tournaments. We … find that the gender composition of chess games affects the behaviors of both men and women in ways that worsen the … losing to women. Our results shed some light on the behavioral changes that lead to differential outcomes when the gender …

There is a growing literature looking at how men and women respond differently to competition. We contribute to this … literature by studying gender differences in performance in a high-stakes and male dominated competitive environment, expert … chess tournaments. Our findings show that women under-perform compared to men of the same ability and that the gender …

A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries … across the world, and most report a substantial amount of wage differential after adjusting for productivity differences …

A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries … across the world, and most report a substantial amount of wage differential after adjusting for productivity differences …

Using data on Executive Compensation from Standard and Poor's ExecuComp, this paper explores the gender gap in top … narrowing of the uncorrected gender pay gap from the mid-1990s. Women top executives earn between 8% to 25% less than male … executives after controlling for differences in company size, occupational title, and industry. The magnitude of the gender pay …

The increasing number of women chief executives motivates considerable interest in examining possible gender … than male CEOs, which runs counter to common wisdom that the gender pay gap in the labor market favors men over women. With … gender differences in CEO compensation by extending the analyses further in time, using a larger sample of firms and more …