“...► We consider the results of 15 different studies on risk-taking in investment, each of which gathered data by gender. ► Each study used the same very simple...”

“...First we discuss how extrinsic incentives may come into conflict with other motivations. For example, monetary incentives from principals may change how tasks...”

“...In this paper we distinguish between two types of white lies: those that help others at the expense of the person telling the lie, which we term altruistic...”

“...The standard procedure in experimental economics maintains anonymity among laboratory participants, yet many field interactions are conducted with neither...”

“...Workers in a wide variety of jobs are paid based on performance, which is commonly seen as enhancing effort and productivity relative to non-contingent pay...”

“...•Propose a new method to measure lying aversion at the individual level.•Study lying to another person, absent any strategic concerns.•Observe a positive...”

“...We use a controlled experiment to explore whether there are gender differences in selecting into competitive environments across two distinct societies: the...”

“...Large amounts of resources are spent annually to improve educational achievement and to close the gender gap in sciences with typically very modest effects. In...”

“...We design a new procedure for measuring competitiveness and use it to estimate the magnitude of the gender gap in competitiveness. Before working on a task,...”

“...Even though the provision of equal opportunities for men and women has been a priority in many countries, large gender differences prevail in competitive...”