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We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other … decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions, free-riding and efficiency concerns for girls. Gender differences are … already established at approximately age 10. They cannot be explained by gender-specific increases in other …
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Non-cognitive skills programs may be an important policy option to improve the academic outcomes of adolescents. In this paper, we evaluate experimentally the EPIS program, which is based on bi-weekly individual or small-group non-cognitive mediation short meetings with low-performing students....
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consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices …In the laboratory experiment reported in this paper we explore how evolving institutions and social norms, which we … norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market …
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This paper presents the results from a 2.3 million person field experiment that varies whether or not a job seeker sees …
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gender quotas do not harm performance and cooperation within teams, and do not weaken people's willingness to work in teams …. Our results, thus, provide further evidence that gender quotas can have the desired effect of promoting women without …
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In most countries, there are systematic age and gender differences in labor market outcomes. Older workers and women … gender differences in either labor demand (i.e. discrimination) or labor supply. In this study, we investigate the importance … of demand effects by analyzing whether employers use information about a job applicant’s age and gender in their hiring …
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This paper studies if competition affects subsequent risk-taking behaviour by means of a laboratory experiment that …
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