Search Results - subject_exact:"Gender differences"

Gender differences in the concentration of individual performance : evidence from track and field athletics

Frick, Bernd - 2025

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The gender gap in digital literacy : a cohort analysis for Germany

Bachmann, Ronald; Hertweck, Friederike - 2025

Digital skills are critical for promoting gender equality, economic empowerment, and bridging the digital divide. This paper presents stylized facts on the gender gap in digital literacy for a total of 35,661 individuals ranging from pupils to adults using data from the German National...

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Childcare as infrastructure : the impact of COVID-19 on childcare and gender equity

Modestino, Alicia; Finn, Zachary; Ladge, Jamie; … - 2025

Conducting a nationally representative survey of 2,500 working parents between Mother's and Father's Day of 2020, we examine gender differences in the childcare shock during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on demographic, household, and labor market factors, we document gender differences in time...

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When managers choose: gender disparities in employer training provision

Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Huber, Katrin; … - 2025

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When managers choose : gender disparities in employer training provision

Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Huber, Katrin; … - 2025

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When managers choose : gender disparities in employer training provision

Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Huber, Katrin; … - 2025

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Gender equivalence in overconfidence : a large-scale experimental study in a non-WEIRD country

Grosch, Kerstin; Fischer, Sabine - 2024

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Guilt, inequity, and gender in a dictator game

Battigalli, Pierpaolo; Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni; Papa, … - 2024

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Is the bar higher for female scholars? : evidence from career steps in economics

Johannesen, Niels; Muchardt, Simon - 2024

Do gender disparities in academia reflect that female scholars are held to higher standards than males? We address this question by comparing the scientific merit of male and female academic economists who make the same career step. Across four domains - i.e. faculty positions, network...

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Is the bar higher for female scholars? : evidence from career steps in economics

Johannesen, Niels; Muchardt, Simon - 2024

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Working from home and job satisfaction : the role of gender and personality traits

Esposito, Piero; Mendolia, Silvia; Scicchitano, S.; … - 2024

In this paper we investigate the effect of working-from home (WFH) on job satisfaction. We use longitudinal data from Italy to estimate a difference-in-differences model, in which the treatment group includes individuals who transitioned to remote work in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and...

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Working from home and job satisfaction : the role of gender and personality traits

Esposito, Piero; Mendolia, Silvia; Scicchitano, Sergio; … - 2024

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Crypto cravings : gender differences in crypto investment intentions and the mediating roles of financial overconfidence and personality

Nyhus, Ellen Katrine; Frank, Darius-Aurel; Król, … - 2024

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More on the influence of gender equality on gender differences in economic preferences

Cerioli, Sara; Formozov, Andrey - 2024

This study replicates and extends the work of Falk and Hermle (2018. “Relationship of Gender Differences in Preferences to Economic Development and Gender Equality.” Science 362 (6412): eaas9899), who hypothesized that gender differences in economic preferences (patience, altruism,...

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Priming and the gender gap in competitiveness

Barile, Lory; Drouvelis, Michalis - 2024

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Do "birds of a feather flock together"? : gender differences in decision-making homophily of friendships

Alm, James; Lai, Weizheng; Li, Xun; Yuan, Peiwen - 2024

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The Effect of Capabilities, Literacy, Attitude, and Autonomy on Financial Behavior with the Complementary Role of Impulsivity: A Multigroup Analysis Based on Gender

Rizwan, Areeba; Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed - 2026

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Understanding the Perceptions and Purchase Behavior of Pakistani Gen Z Towards Fair Trade Products

Basit, Syed Abdul; Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed - 2026

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Heterogeneity in gender differences in self-reported political preferences, trust, and well-being across 39 European countries

Yang, Yifan; Johannesson, Magnus; Fossen, Frank; Neyse, … - 2026

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The effects of AI assistance on self-promotion

Koch, Alexander K.; Kragl, Jenny; Ming, Sijuan; … - 2026

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The effects of AI Assistance on self-promotion

Koch, Alexander K.; Kragl, Jenny; Ming, Sijuan; … - 2026

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Generative AI and career choices

Gschwendt, Christian; Viarengo, Martina; Zöllner, Thea S. - 2026

The economic impact of technological change will critically depend on how future workers invest in their human capital. Yet, little is known about how future workers themselves evaluate and choose their educational and occupational paths in light of emerging technologies. This paper examines how...

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Generative AI and career choices

Gschwendt, Christian; Viarengo, Martina; Zöllner, Thea S. - 2026

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Gender gap in physical activity : the role of conflicts and political instability

Di Domizio, Marco - 2026

This article takes as its starting point the warnings issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the perverse effects of a sedentary lifestyle on people's health, resulting in additional health expenditure that diverts significant resources away from other areas of public spending. The...

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The short- and long-run impact of comparative noncognitive skills

Goulas, Sofoklis - 2026

This study documents a new fact about educational production: Students' relative standing in noncognitive skills has lasting effects on educational trajectories that are distinct from those of absolute skill levels and cognitive achievement. Using administrative data covering the universe of...

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The gender dimension of homeownership : evidence from China

Chan, Daphne Wing; Liu, Natalie Xiaoqi; Bao, Helen X. H. - 2026

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Household taxation, nonlinear occupations, and gender gaps

Denderski, Piotr; Obermeier, Tim - 2026

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The relationship between psychological factors and retirement financial plan and its gender difference

Ren, Han; Lim, Thien Sang - 2026

As China's population ages and the sustainability of the public pension system is at risk, personal savings become crucial. As such, the quality of financial planning for retirement (FPR) has been recognized as a key to safeguarding financial well-being during retirement. This study examines the...

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Gender differences in learning about a spouse's health : field and experimental evidence

Jia, Ruo; Mo, Jiawei; Zhang, Chang; Zheng, Jiakun - 2026

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Sorgen und Belastungen während und nach der Corona-Krise : (Solo-)Selbstständige (und) Frauen besonders stark betroffen

Schulze Buschoff, Karin; Peters, Eileen; Müller, Bjarne - 2026

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Beliefs about gender inequalities, narratives and support for gender quotas

Di Corato, Luca; Esposito, Federica; Montinari, Natalia - 2026

Gender quotas remain controversial despite evidence of their effectiveness in reducing labor-market gender inequality. We study how informational narratives about quotas affect support, and how effects depend on pre-existing causal beliefs about inequality. In a pre-registered survey experiment...

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasi-random assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

Gender gaps in earnings persist even among high-skilled workers, partly because men and women often perform different tasks within and across jobs. We study a rare setting in which high-skilled men and women perform the same tasks under comparable conditions, allowing us to assess gender...

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasi-random assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasirandom assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasi-random assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

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Labor of love : gender and wage dynamics across the stages of life

Li, Shurui - 2026

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Gender gap in high-stakes exams : what role for exam preparation?

Bonneau, Cécile; Dousset, Léa - 2026

In this paper, we show that gender gaps in performance observed in high-stakes exams, relative to low-stakes exams, are partially shaped by the context of exam preparation. We examine the role of exam preparation using data from French elite STEM higher education programs. First, we document a...

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Pension saving in a gendered lifecourse

James, Hayley - 2026

Despite automatic enrolment in work pension schemes, private saving for pensions in the UK is relatively low, with most people under-pensioned in later life and reliant on the state pension. In this book, Hayley James shows that equally significant is that women save far less for old age than...

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Missing stars? : quantifying the gender gap in the assessment of gifted students

Eugster, Beatrix; Marquardt, Kelli; Sallin, Aurélien - 2026

Female students are less likely to be identified as intellectually gifted than male students when the identification process follows a two-stage procedure. We posit and quantify two mechanisms that explain this gender gap. First, at any level of IQ, but especially at high levels of IQ, male...

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College major choice, payoffs, and gender gaps

Campos, Christopher; Muñoz, Pablo; Bucarey, Alonso; … - 2026

This paper studies how college major choices shape earnings and fertility outcomes. Using administrative data that link students' preferences, random assignment to majors, and post-college outcomes, we estimate the causal pecuniary and nonpecuniary returns to different fields of study. We...

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College major choice, payoffs, and gender gaps

Campos, Christopher; Muñoz, Pablo; Bucarey, Alonso; … - 2025

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Gender and intergenerational mobility : unequal economic outcomes between siblings

Leites, Martín; Vilá, Joan - 2026

This paper examines the role of sibling sex composition as a potential explanation of the transmission of parental advantages to the next generation. The presence of a brother affects the family environment and parents' decisions, influencing the siblings' labour market outcomes in the long...

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Parenthood and the career ladder : evidence from academia

Cairo, Sofie; Ivandic, Ria; Lassen, Anne Sophie; … - 2026

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Parenthood and the career ladder : evidence from academia

Cairo, Sofie; Ivandic, Ria; Lassen, Anne Sophie; … - 2026

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Leadership under pressure : professional burnout and gender differences among secondary school principals

Spyropoulos, Nikos; Antonopoulou, Hera; Rafailidis, … - 2026

(1) Background: Professional burnout threatens secondary school principals' well-being and educational quality worldwide. This study investigated burnout prevalence and gender differences among Greek secondary school principals, addressing gaps in understanding gendered manifestations of burnout...

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Female entrepreneurship and proximity to support infrastructure in Germany : a geospatial analysis

Tieze, Josephin; Tiberius, Victor - 2026

The paper aims to provide spatial evidence on where to prioritize place-based support for women's entrepreneurship by linking the geography of female founders to the proximity of formal support infrastructure in Germany. To pursue this objective, we assemble nationwide venture microdata covering...

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Confidence, overconfidence, and exposure in financial market decisions : experimental evidence from the U.S. stock market

Filiz, Ibrahim; Kirchhoff, Florian; Nahmer, Thomas; … - 2026

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The gender of wealth accumulation : gender differences in risky portfolio choices and their determinants

Dylla, Carolin - 2026

While financialization and rising inequalities are often regarded as challenges for fiscal redistribution policies, the role of monetary policy and financial markets is neglected. Although heterodox scholars are drawing attention to the distributional impacts of monetary policy, they are rarely...

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Do high-stakes exams widen gender gaps in early adolescence? : evidence from a middle-school exit exam reform

Loviglio, Annalisa; Rattini, Veronica; Stronati, Federico - 2026

Do high-stakes exams widen gender gaps in academic performance? We study this question in early adolescence using Italy's lower-secondary exit exam. A 2017 reform removed the national standardized test from the final grade while preserving the requirement to take the same test, reducing stakes...

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The impact of gender on tax compliance in Southern Albania

Dervishaj, Blerina; Gropa, Melaize - 2026

We examine whether gender influences formal tax compliance among self-employed taxpayers in Southern Albania-focusing on two observable behaviors: paying taxes on time and the amount of unpaid tax debt (arrears). The study does not examine tax evasion or tax avoidance, as these behaviors cannot...

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Who decides matters : female representation and academic career advancement

Brunetti, Marianna; Fabretti, Annalisa; Zoli, Mariangela - 2026

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Who decides matters : female representation and academic career advancement

Brunetti, Marianna; Fabretti, Annalisa; Zoli, Mariangela - 2024

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Digital banking through a gender lens : examining trust and perceptions of Neobanks

Máté, Domicián; Alnouri, Bashir; Vveinhardt, Jolita - 2026

Purpose- the aim of study is to examine how interface design elements (usability, presentation, navigation) influence trust, behavioural intention, and adoption of Neobanks among younger users, using data from students at the University of Debrecen, Hungary.Research methodology- a modified...

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Dissecting the gender gap in intergenerational transfers : the case of Germany

Singhal, Karan; Grabka, Markus M.; Sierminska, Eva - 2026

We study gender disparities in intergenerational wealth transfers in Germany over more than four decades, focusing on inheritances and inter vivos gifts. Using individual-level data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we document persistent gaps: while women are in some cases more likely to...

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Parenthood and productivity

Britto, Diogo G. C.; Holanda, Caio de; Ferman, Bruno; … - 2026

Does parenthood impair workers' on-the-job productivity? We study this question and its implications for understanding the child penalties in employment observed for mothers. We focus on judges, a profession that helps overcome key empirical challenges: output can be measured precisely, it can...

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Parenthood and productivity

Britto, Diogo G. C.; Holanda, Caio de; Ferman, Bruno; … - 2026

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The gender gap in digital skills at work

Whelan, Adele; Brosnan, Luke; McGuinness, Séamus - 2026

We analyse the gender gap in digital skills use at work across Europe. We find a substantial gap, with women significantly less likely to perform advanced digital tasks. A raw gender gap of around 16 percentage points is observed, of which only 30 per cent is attributable to observable factors....

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Human-AI evaluation and gender transparency : application decisions in competitive hiring

Irlenbusch, Bernd; Rau, Holger A.; Rilke, Rainer Michael - 2026

LLMs are rapidly entering the hiring process, but their most pronounced effects may occur before any screening by changing who chooses to apply. We study how human versus LLMbased evaluation and gender transparency shape entry into competitive jobs. In a preregistered online experiment,...

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Human-AI evaluation and gender transparency : application decisions in competitive hiring

Irlenbusch, Bernd; Rau, Holger A.; Rilke, Rainer Michael - 2026

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Expanding paternity leave : effects on beliefs, norms, and gender gaps

Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Landais, Camille; Lassen, Anne … - 2026

We study whether policy can shift gendered beliefs, norms, and labor market outcomes by exploiting a major expansion of earmarked paternity leave in Denmark. The reform generated large first-stage effects, substantially reallocating leave from mothers to fathers. Using a regression discontinuity...

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Expanding paternity leave : effects on beliefs, norms, and gender gaps

Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Landais, Camille; Lassen, Anne … - 2026

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Bridging the gender credit gap in low-income countries : the impact of digital financial inclusion

Oluoch, Wycliffe; Alhassan, Abdul Latif - 2026

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Human-AI evaluation and gender transparency: Application decisions in competitive hiring

Irlenbusch, Bernd; Rau, Holger A.; Rilke, Rainer Michael - 2026

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The drivers of the gender gap in financial inclusion for entrepreneurial development : empirical analysis from Tanzania

Joseph, Cornel; Mpambije, Chakupewa J. - 2026

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Closing the gender gap in STEM education : improving female students' motivation in STEM through school-based intervention

Indrayadi, Sharfina; Berlianto, Jimmy Daniel; Firdausi, … - 2026

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is vital for Indonesia's technological progress and economic competitiveness. Yet, female students remain underrepresented in STEM pathways despite consistently strong academic performance. Evidence from Bandung city junior...

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