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We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and continued enrollment of students in a coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the selection issues present in studies on single-sex...
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Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … controlled experiment in which subjects were given an opportunity to choose a risky outcome - a real-stakes gamble with a higher … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in …
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economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices … observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …
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consistent with the theoretical results: in the experiment, investment levels with and without legal protection are comparable …
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This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for money or to save mice. We compare a Baseline treatment where subjects are fully pivotal to a Diffused-Pivotality treatment where subjects simultaneously choose in groups of...
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cornerstone of contract theory. We have conducted an experiment with 720 participants to explore whether the theoretical insights …
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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 …
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direction, we have conducted a laboratory experiment with 490 participants. We consider "cooperative" investments that directly …
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