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 …

We analyze gender discrimination in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success … entrepreneurial teams. In a lab-in-the-field experiment with Ugandan loan officers, we document gender discrimination of individual … female entrepreneurs, but no gender bias in the evaluation of entrepreneurial teams. Our results suggest that the observed …

gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away …

In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less … gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact family address contained in a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian …

In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an …

' programming skills and on their awareness of gender differences in the workforce. However, it did not seem to affect girls …' aspirations to pursue higher education in STEM-related disciplines. The gender stereotypes children are exposed to from a very …

application decisions for all students, but it impacted students differently based on gender and academic performance. High …