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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?

Booth, Alison; Sosa, Lina Cardona; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2011

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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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?

Booth, Alison L; Cardona Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365004

Do Single-Sex Classes Affect Exam Scores? An Experiment in a Coeducational University

Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2013

We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices 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 other studies on single-sex...

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Gender and the Labor Market: What Have We Learned from Field and Lab Experiments?

Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

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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Do Single-Sex Classes Affect Achievement? An Experiment in a Coeducational University

Booth, Alison L; Cardona Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083520

Choosing to Compete: How different are girls and boys?

Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

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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Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?

Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in … than coed girls. Moreover, gender differences in preferences for risk-taking are sensitive to the gender mix of the …

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Choosing to Compete: How Different are Girls and Boys?

Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009

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. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032835

On the Origin of the Family

Francesconi, Marco; Ghiglino, Christian; Perry, Motty - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper presents an overlapping generations model to explain why humans live in families rather than in other pair groupings. Since most non-human species are not familial, something special must be behind the family. It is shown that the two necessary features that explain the origin of the...

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Organizations, Diffused Pivotality and Immoral Outcomes

Falk, Armin; Szech, Nora - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

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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