Women and Public Policy Program Seminar Series
Education:Higher Education
Men and women respond differently to risk. Women are more risk averse
than men, which has a significant impact on how they make decisions.
Exploring this topic, Alexandra van Geen runs a series of experiments to
evaluate under what conditions women and men are more or less willing
to take risks. Specifically, she examines whether women and men are more
likely to take risks when the financial reward is higher; if they are
sensitive to the presence of other risks in the decision environment; or
whether winning in the past makes them more likely to take risk in the
future. She finds stark gender differences, including that men greatly
increase risk taking after winning a lottery, while women do not.
Investigating how, when and why men and women respond differently in
risky environments can help close the gender gap in risk taking.
Gender Attitudes and Intra-household Bargaining: Effects on Career-life Outcomes Across the Globe with Kathleen McGinn
Explaining Rape During Civil War with Dara Kay Cohen
Do boys and girls respond differently to academic competition? with Robert Jensen
Women and Power: Hard to Earn, Difficult to Signal, and Easy to Lose with Victoria Brescoll
Women and the Plough: The Historical Origins of Gender Norms in Society with Alberto Alesina
Stereotype Accuracy: Do College Women Miss the Mark When Estimating the Impact of Maternal Employment on Children’s Development with Wendy Goldberg
Reducing the Caretaker Penalty: Norms, Laws and Organizational Policy with Shelley Correll
Gender and Moral Decision-Making wtih Jooa Julia Lee
Different Ways of Not Having It All: Work, Care, and Gender Change in the New Economy with Kathleen Gerson
Imposed Versus Desired Professional Identities: Embracing, Passing, Revealing and their Consequences with Erin Reid
More Women Can Run with Kira Sanbonmatsu
Intra-Household Bargaining Power in the Context of HIV Prevention: An Application to Married Couples in Rural Malawi with Berit Gerritzen
Work-Family Policy in the U.S. with Jane Waldfogel
Uncovering the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition: Early Life Experiences, Political socialization, and Candidate Emergence with Jennifer Lawless
Gender and Group Decision-Making: Eliciting and Acting Upon Expertise with Katie Coffman
Exploring Viewer Reactions to Media Coverage of Female Politicians wtih Joanna Everitt
Opting Out among Women with Elite Education: Evidence, Causes, and Societal Consequences with Joni Hersch
Gender, Competitiveness and Career Choices with Muriel Niederle
Progress on Gender Diversity for Corporate Boards: Are We Running in Place? with Cathy Tinsley
How Does Women’s Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success? with Lakshmi Iyer
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