compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …. The gender gap in willingness to compete is essentially zero among the lowest-ability students, but increases steadily …

We investigate whether having an advisor of the same gender is correlated with the productivity of PhD science students … graduates and their advisors from U.S. chemistry departments. We find that students with an advisor of the same gender tend to …-representation of women in science and engineering faculty positions may perpetuate itself through the lower availability of same-gender …