academia have been partially explained by "competitive pressures", which suggests a link between competition and cheating. In … our experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their … no overall sex difference in cheating. However, the effect of competition on women's cheating behavior is entirely due to …

Gender differences in overconfidence are well documented in the empirical literature, but their impact on labor market … a theoretical analysis of how men's relatively higher overconfidence shapes gender differences in the labor market …

This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found … along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition results …

matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation …This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a … gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage …

characteristics that, arguably, should play no role on the determination of wages: gender and ethnicity. This paper analyzes wage gaps … due to both characteristics in Ecuador for the period 2003-2007, applying a matching comparisons technique developed in … Ñopo (2008). The results indicate ethnic wage gaps that are notably higher than gender wage gaps. Furthermore, ethnic wage …

An important line of recent literature has found gender differences in attitudes toward competition, with men being …. This paper examines the effect of information on the gender gap in tournament entry. We present experimental evidence that … gender gap in tournament entry. …

This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … and can be partly explained by experience. There are no substantial gender differences on the intensive margin of …

In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we …

In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values and 400 …