Not-So-Strong Evidence for Gender Differences in Risk Taking.

Based on a growing body of experimental and other studies, two recent economics survey articles claim to find “strong evidence” that women are “fundamental[ly]” more risk-averse than men. Yet, much of the literature fails to clearly distinguish between differences that hold at theindividuallevel (ca...

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Published in:	Feminist Economics Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 114 - 143
Main Author:	Nelson, Julie A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2016
Subjects:	Gender differences (Psychology) Risk-taking behavior Women's attitudes Men's attitudes Data analysis
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost