Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …

Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on … family background nor labor market characteristics appear to be strongly associated with the gender education gap. There is … some evidence that the gender gap in upper secondary education reflects the rising share of single parent households which …

campaigns. We implemented a survey experiment during the (mixed gender) electoral race for mayor in Milan (2011), and a field … experiment during the (same gender) electoral race for mayor in Cava de' Tirreni (2015). In both cases, a sample of eligible … gender differences emerge. Females vote more for the opponent and less for the incumbent when they are exposed to the …

This paper studies gender differences in strategic situations. In two experimental guessing games - the beauty contest …

Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to … unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under …

Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender … explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender differences in occupation and industry continued to be important. Moreover …, the gender pay gap declined much more slowly at the top of the wage distribution that at the middle or the bottom and by …

This paper analyzes to what extent gender culture affects gender gap in employment. Drawing on Italian data, we measure … gender culture based on firms’ attitudes is significant in explaining gender gap in employment in Italian provinces. We show …

We examine behavioral gender differences and gender pairing effects in a laboratory experiment with face … than female employers pay to male employees. Moreover, we find gender differences in the first offers of the bargaining …