. This article investigates whether students' responsiveness to information on income returns relates to gender differences … differently to this information. As potential mechanisms behind a gender-specific treatment effect, we analyze the role of gender … in major choices, which might contribute to the persistent gender wage gap. We use field-experimental panel data on …

's status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in … radio is an effective vehicle to transmit information in the more marginalized areas. Suggestive evidence shows that the … towards changing socially constructed gender norms. …

compensation, women are more reluctant than men to choose tournaments. These gender difference experiments have all relied on a … such as piece-rate and group pay, and removes the gender difference in compensation choices. I then examine between and …

We present an information based model of leadership in a setting that exhibits the familiar problems of free riding and … coordination failure. Leaders have superior information about the value of the project in hand and can send a costly signal to … follow the better informed leader. We provide experimental evidence that, when the leaders� gender is revealed to their …

was undertaken essentially to achieve four objectives, viz. to review curricular and research materials from gender lens … surveyed and data of 80,838 students analyzed quantitatively. This apart, qualitative information obtained from 22 different …

departure from the common observation that males engage more frequently in risky behaviors. The underlying reasons for gender … adolescents aged 15-18, this paper contributes to the literature by exploring gender differences in smoking risk perceptions and … in the responses to the latter. The results show significant gender differences in the perception of smoking mortality …

We conduct a laboratory experiment with salient incentives, a technique used by economists to study gender differences … merely by occupying the leadership position; his/her legitimacy is derived from superior information about the value of the … project in hand. Legitimacy is conferred on the leader from the special information possessed. Followers voluntarily choose …