There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as mendo and are less willing to enter a competition … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) toenter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors … women who do notchoose competititive incentives \know" that they should not.[...] …

We use monthly personnel records of a large German company to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). Main findings are: (1 … significant impact on the GWG; (8) the gender gap in absenteeism is between 26 and 46 percent... …

have reduced, in the case of Belarus women activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender …Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates …

In this paper, I offer a theoretical explanation of the robust gender differences in educational achievement …

measures of female entrepreneurship: the number of female entrepreneurs and the share of women in the total number of …

reveal typical gender differences but also detect divergence to their German counterparts. While disclosingItalian …

period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented. To this end we …

the norm that “women and men shall have theright to equal pay for work of equal value”. We find that the gender wage gap … consistentwith the idea that norms regarding the appropriate relative pay of women comparedto men are shaping gender differences in …Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paperexplores whether norms regarding the …