underrepresentation of women, namely, gender differences in overconfidence concerning past performance, in the willingness to exaggerate … past performance to the group, and in the reaction to monetary incentives. We find that men's overconfidence is the driving … force behind the observed prevalence of male representation. -- discrimination ; gender gap ; glass ceiling ; overconfidence …

We analyze the effect of the coach’s gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National … Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games. We find that the coach’s gender has a sizable and significant effect on …

We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National … Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games. We find that the coach's gender has a sizable and significant effect on …

show conditions under which an intensified competition in the marriage market can induce men to raise their savings rate …Large savings and current account surpluses by China and other countries are said to be a contributor to the global … current account imbalances and possibly to the recent global financial crisis. This paper proposes a theory of excess savings …