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Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys?
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10005822032
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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
immigrants. Using unique German survey data, the paper identifies marked gender differences in the effects of ethnic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822658
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Booth, Alison L.; Cardona Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10009371894
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA - 2013
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/10010763637
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Do Single-Sex Classes Affect Exam Scores? An Experiment in a Coeducational University
Booth, Alison L.; Sosa, Cardona; Marcela, Lina; Nolen, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752455
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Cognitive Skills, Gender and Risk Preferences
Booth, Alison L.; Katic, Pamela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university … IQ measures to proxy cognitive skills. However we do find that gender matters. While young women are significantly more … between the impact of gender on risk attitudes and the hypothetical lottery investment suggests that impatience and framing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705559
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Salience, Risky Choices and Gender
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Risk theories typically assume individuals make risky choices using probability weights that differ from objective probabilities. Recent theories suggest that probability weights vary depending on which portion of a risky environment is made salient. Using experimental data we show that salience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653986
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - Banco de la Republica de Colombia - 2013
observed gender differences in behavior under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning rather … than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010906080
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Do Single-Sex Classes Affect Achievement? A Study in a Coeducational University
Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - Banco de la Republica de Colombia - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010906088
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Can Risk-taking Preferences be Modified? Some Experimental Evidence
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick J. - CESifo - 2014
they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877772