How are gender norms perceived?

L Bursztyn, AW Cappelen, B Tungodden, A Voena… - 2023 - nber.org
Actual and perceived gender norms are key to understanding gender inequality in society. In
this paper, using newly collected nationally representative datasets from 60 countries that …

Imagining the future: memory, simulation, and beliefs

P Bordalo, G Burro, K Coffman… - Review of Economic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
How do people form beliefs about novel risks, with which they have little or no experience?
Motivated by survey data on beliefs about COVID we collected in 2020, we build a model …

The gender gap in confidence: Expected but not accounted for

CL Exley, K Nielsen - American Economic Review, 2024 - aeaweb.org
We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (eg,
employers) hold about men and women. We find the confidence gap is contagious, causing …

[PDF][PDF] What jobs come to mind? stereotypes about fields of study

JJ Conlon, D Patel - WorEing paper, 2022 - scholar.harvard.edu
We document that US freshmen hold systematic misperceptions about the relationship
between college majors and occupations. Students stereotype fields of study, greatly …

[HTML][HTML] (Mis) perceiving cooperativeness

CSL Rossetti, C Hilbe, OP Hauser - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cooperation is crucial for the success of social interactions. Given its importance, humans
should readily be able to use available cues to predict how likely others are to cooperate …

[HTML][HTML] Stereotypical behavior vs. expectations: Gender differences in a dictator game

C Austermann, K Von Blanckenburg, A Iseke… - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - Elsevier
In general gender differences have frequently been studied in experimental economics, but
the findings remain inconclusive. In this study, we focus on gender differences in …

Gender-Inclusive Language and Economic Decision-Making

L Balafoutas, H Fornwagner, E Hauser… - Available at SSRN …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Providing inclusive environments has become a primary tenet of modern societies. One
attempt at inclusivity has been through the use of gender-inclusive language (GIL), yet little …

Non-Binary Gender Economics

KB Coffman, LC Coffman, KM Ericson - 2024 - nber.org
Economics research has largely overlooked non-binary individuals. We aim to jump-start the
literature by providing data on several economically-important beliefs and preferences …

How well do couples know their partners' preferences? Experimental evidence from joint recreation

D Boto-García, P Mariel - Economia Politica, 2024 - Springer
There are many situations in which one partner must make decisions on behalf of the
couple. In such cases, incomplete knowledge about the partner's likes and desires might …

Normative conflict and the gender gap in cooperation

N Nikiforakis, E Reuben, R Stüber - Economics Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
A normative conflict arises when individuals derive different benefits from cooperation. We
analyze experimental data from three published studies to investigate the impact of …