This paper uses detailed information from a large wage survey in 2006 to analyze the gender wage gap in the performance …-pay (PP) component of total hourly wages and its contribution to the overall gender gap in Spain. Under the assumption that PP … gender gap in PP. However, this is not what we find. After controlling for observable differences in individual and job …

This paper examines the links between gender differences in attitudes towards economic risk and the gender pay gap … risk are associated with higher earnings, and that gender differences in attitudes towards economic risk can account for a … small, though important, part of the standardized gender pay gap. -- wages ; gender ; risk ; wage gap …

This paper examines the links between gender differences in attitudes towards economic risk and the gender pay gap … risk are associated with higher earnings, and that gender differences in attitudes towards economic risk can account for a … small, though important, part of the standardized gender pay gap …

whether the gender gap in risk attitudes is shaped by the social environment. We address this question by examining risk … more equal gender roles than West Germans. Thus, if the gender gap reflects socially constructed norms, it should be … prediction. Specifically with respect to career and financial matters, the gender gap in risk tolerance is smaller among East …