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This study experimentally tests the gender-specific effect of risky environments on subsequent risk taking. Many decisions take place in the presence of unrealized risk, frequent…
We posit that household decision-making over fertility is characterized by moral hazard due to the fact that most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using…
Although prior research suggests that fusiform gyrus represents the sex and race of faces, it remains unclear whether fusiform face area (FFA)–the portion of fusiform gyrus that…
Nearly 40 years after the adoption of the Title IX Amendments of the US Civil Rights Act, women account for almost 50% of US medical students and more than one-third of all…
Laura Sjoberg positions gender and gender subordination as key factors in the making and fighting of global conflict. Through the lens ofgender, she examines the meaning, causes,…
Repayment Flexibility Can Reduce Financial Stress: A Randomized Control Trial with Microfinance Clients in India, Rohini Pande, September 26, 2012, Paper, "Financial stress is…
Rohini Pande, January 25, 2012, Paper. "Exploiting a randomized natural experiment in India, we show that female leadership influences adolescent girls’ career aspirations and…
This paper provides experimental evidence on how informational differences may translate into performance differences in competitive environments. In a laboratory tournament…
First comparative, multi-country study of the impact of gender quotas across descriptive, substantive and symbolic dimensions of representationBridges literatures of gender quotas…
Financial stress is widely believed to cause health problems. However, policies seeking to relieve financial stress by limiting debt levels of poor households may directly worsen…