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Gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes: Experimental evidence from a matrilineal and a patrilineal society
Pondorfer, Andreas; Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rehdanz, Katrin; … - 2014
matrilineal Teop in Papua New Guinea. We find no gender differences in actual risk preferences, but evidence for culture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427032
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On the origins of gender roles: Women and the plough
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - 2011
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285976
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On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024584
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Gender Differences in Risk Preferences and Stereotypes: Experimental Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patrilineal Society
Pondorfer, Andreas; Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Rehdanz, Katrin; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
matrilineal Teop in Papua New Guinea. We find no gender differences in actual risk preferences, but evidence for culture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905566
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Gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes : experimental evidence from a matrilineal and a patrilineal society
Pondorfer, Andreas; Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rehdanz, Katrin; … - 2014
matrilineal Teop in Papua New Guinea. We find no gender differences in actual risk preferences, but evidence for culture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402215
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Undoing Gender with Institutions: Lessons from the German Division and Reunification
Lippmann, Quentin; Georgieff, Alexandre; Senik, Claudia - 2019
a culture that has undone the male breadwinner norm and its consequences. Since reunification, East Germany still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005913
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Undoing gender with institutions : lessons from the German division and reunification
Lippmann, Quentin; Georgieff, Alexandre; … - 2019
a culture that has undone the male breadwinner norm and its consequences. Since reunification, East Germany still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992872
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Are Non-state Actors Better Innovators? The Ambiguous Role of Non-state Actors in the Transition Process: The Case of Benin and Madagascar
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
efforts and international aid. African culture is not inherently good or bad, but under certain conditions its propensity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790220
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Culture and Household Decision Making: Balance of Power and Labor Supply Choices of US-born and Foreign-born Couples
Oreffice, Sonia - 2014
non-labor income, controlling for both spouses' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Households whose culture of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333298
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Culture and Household Decision Making: Balance of Power and Labor Supply Choices of US-born and Foreign-born Couples
Oreffice, Sonia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
non-labor income, controlling for both spouses' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Households whose culture of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884123