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Decision Making

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Decision Making

Employers, communities, and households benefit when women have greater opportunity and agency. However, Women are typically under-represented in decision making positions across the world. Examine how gender affects decision-making and discover the procedures that help all people become better decision makers.

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Gender Roles and Non-Cooperative Behavior: Field Experiment on the Effect of Asymmetric Information on Intra-Household Allocation in Ghana

Unanticipated windfall income is used for shared household needs when allocated to a husband or wife publicly, but behavior changes when it is given privately – men spend on personal consumption, while women save or loan to personal networks.
Carolina Castilla, Thomas Walker (2013)
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Under Pressure: Gender Differences in Output Quality and Quantity under Competition and Time Constraints

Although men outperform women in time-pressured math-based competition, women perform equally well in math-based competition without time constraints.
Olga Shurchkov (2012)
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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Increasing women’s control over assets and encouraging them to set goals leads to increased decision-making for women in households.
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin (2010)
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Who Chooses Annuities? An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Gender, Framing, and Defaults

Women nearing retirement are more likely than men to choose the annuity option, which is in part due to having less information on investment options and financial literacy.
Julie R. Agnew, Lisa R. Anderson, Jeffrey R. Gerlach, Lisa R. Szykman (2008)
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Testosterone and Aggression in a Simulated Crisis Game

Higher levels of testosterone are associated with more aggression, particularly among older women and younger men.
Rose McDermott, Dominic Johnson, Jonathan Cowden, Stephen Rosen (2007)
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Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

Against their best interest, low-ability men compete too often, and high-ability women do not compete enough.
Muriel Niederle, Lise Vesterlund (2007)
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Gender Picture Priming: It Works With Denotative and Connotative Primes

Physical objects and words encountered in every-day life evoke social meanings around gender.
Kristi M. Lemm, Marilyn Dabady, Mahzarin R Banaji (2005)
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How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect Union Formation among Low-Income Single Mothers

Welfare payments to single mothers in Canada with children had opposite effects in different provinces on marriage and cohabitation decisions, suggesting social norms overrode economic incentives.
Kristen Harknett, Lisa A Gennetian (2003)
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Decision Making

Employers, communities, and households benefit when women have greater opportunity and agency. However, Women are typically under-represented in decision making positions across the world. Examine how gender affects decision-making and discover the procedures that help all people become better decision makers.

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Competition Icon
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Decision Making Icon
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Academic Achievement Icon

Under Pressure: Gender Differences in Output Quality and Quantity under Competition and Time Constraints

Although men outperform women in time-pressured math-based competition, women perform equally well in math-based competition without time constraints.
Olga Shurchkov (2012)
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Who Chooses Annuities? An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Gender, Framing, and Defaults

Women nearing retirement are more likely than men to choose the annuity option, which is in part due to having less information on investment options and financial literacy.
Julie R. Agnew, Lisa R. Anderson, Jeffrey R. Gerlach, Lisa R. Szykman (2008)
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Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

Against their best interest, low-ability men compete too often, and high-ability women do not compete enough.
Muriel Niederle, Lise Vesterlund (2007)
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How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect Union Formation among Low-Income Single Mothers

Welfare payments to single mothers in Canada with children had opposite effects in different provinces on marriage and cohabitation decisions, suggesting social norms overrode economic incentives.
Kristen Harknett, Lisa A Gennetian (2003)
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Gender Roles and Non-Cooperative Behavior: Field Experiment on the Effect of Asymmetric Information on Intra-Household Allocation in Ghana

Unanticipated windfall income is used for shared household needs when allocated to a husband or wife publicly, but behavior changes when it is given privately – men spend on personal consumption, while women save or loan to personal networks.
Carolina Castilla, Thomas Walker (2013)
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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Increasing women’s control over assets and encouraging them to set goals leads to increased decision-making for women in households.
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin (2010)
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Testosterone and Aggression in a Simulated Crisis Game

Higher levels of testosterone are associated with more aggression, particularly among older women and younger men.
Rose McDermott, Dominic Johnson, Jonathan Cowden, Stephen Rosen (2007)
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Gender Picture Priming: It Works With Denotative and Connotative Primes

Physical objects and words encountered in every-day life evoke social meanings around gender.
Kristi M. Lemm, Marilyn Dabady, Mahzarin R Banaji (2005)
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