schools, placing them in the context of national patterns of subject take-up. Strong gender differentiation persists in the …

differences in risk attitudes of male and female university students. In addition, we examine stereotyping by asking whether a … women are significantly more risk averse than men in all three settings, and predictions of both women and men tend to …

In their article "Strong Evidence for Gender Differences in Risk Taking," Gary Charness and Uri Gneezy (2012) review a … indicate only that modest differences (at most) exist at aggregate levels, such as group means. The evidence in favor of gender … behavioral and economic research and for policies related to discrimination and stereotyping. …

predicting the risky decisions of others. Prior research has generally shown that people expect women to be more risk averse than … men and that they, in fact are - a result we also find. We ask whether this is a pure gender effect or whether there is … makers should make riskier decisions, suggesting physical prowess as an underlying cause of gender differences. These …