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.
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Black Women Mobilizing: Intersectionality in Urban Land Rights Struggles in Brazil with Keisha-Khan Perry
The Politics of Work-Family Policies in France, Germany and Japan with Patricia Boling
The Silent Sex: Gender, Deliberation and Institutions with Tali Mendelberg
Diversity on a Deadline: How we created everyone’s 2012 with Stephen Frost
Can Female Leaders Mitigate Negative Effects of Diversity? The Case of National Leaders with Katherine Phillips
Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Behavior with Michael Norton
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