Empirical Gender Studies in Economics

Prof. Dr. Martin Kocher

Prof. Dr. Monika Schnitzer

Office Addresses: Kocher: Giselastr. 10, 1st floor Schnitzer: Akademiestr. 1, 3rd floor

Empirical Gender Studies in Economics

Winter Term 2014/2015

First Meeting: Tuesday, Oct. 07, 10:00 – 12:00 (HGB M114): Kocher, Schnitzer Lecture: Tuesday, 10:00 – 12:00 (HGB M114): partly blocked (see below); Kocher, Schnitzer

Seminar part: Nov. 21, 09:00 – 18:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 13, B254): Kocher Dez. 05, 09:00 – 18:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 13, B210): Schnitzer

Jan. 09, 09:00 – 18:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 13, B254): Kocher For Ph.D./Master students

First meeting: Participation in the first meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 07, 10:00 – 12:00 is compulsory!

Aim: Discussing assessments of gender in economics with a focus on studies that use field data, field experiments, and laboratory experiments.

Debating methodological aspects of these studies such as design, potential pitfalls, biases,…

Language: English

Literature: A preliminary list of books and papers that will be used during the course will be announced in the upcoming weeks (depending on the number of participants).

Students are encouraged to find scientific papers for their presentations themselves.

Methods: Partly lecture-style. Participants will also present and discuss papers.

Grading: Exam and/or presentation.

Exam: Jan. 27, 10:00-12:00.

Prerequisites: Principles of economics (microeconomics, game theory, and econometrics on the

master level).

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Schedule of the lecture (reading required)

Date Topic

21.10., 10-12 Gender in models, experiments, and field data (MK)

28.10., 10-12 A primer in behavioral and experimental economics; Gender and uncertainty (MK)

04.11., 10-12 Gender and stereotypes (MS)

Reading: Beaman, Lori, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Rohine Pande, Petia Topalova (2009): Powerful Women: Does Exposure reduce Bias? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124, 1497-1540.

11.11., 10-12 Gender and firm performance (MS)

Reading: Ahern, Kenneth R., and Amy K. Dittmar (2012), The Changing of the Boards: The Impact on Firm Valuation of Mandated Female Board Representation. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127, 137-197; Matsa, David A., and Amalia R. Miller (2013). A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 5(3), 136-169.

18.11., 10-12 Gender and competition (MK)

Reading: Niederle, Muriel, and Lise Vesterlund (2007). Do Women Shy away from Competition? Do Men Compete too Much? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(3), 1067- 1101.

25.11., 10-12 Gender and wage gap (MS)

Reading: Goldin, Claudia, and Lawrence Katz (2013). The Most Egalitarian of all Professions:

Pharmacy and the Evolution of a Family-Friendly Occupation. NBER Working Paper 18410

02.12., 10-12 Gender and prosocial behavior; Gender in psychology (MK)

Reading: Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann and Richard Zeckhauser (2010). Trust and the Reference Points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries. Quarterly Journal of Economics CXXV(2), 811-828.

Seminar Reading:

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Presentations:

Each student will present a paper. During this presentation the student should mainly address four

points: (i) the theoretical framework, (ii) the empirical/experimental design, (iii) present the results,

and (iv) a controversial start into a general discussion. Presentations should be informative,

entertaining, clear and concise, and should last for not more than 25 min. Each presentation is

followed by an informal, all-involving discussion of about 20min. The slides will be made available for

all students (and will be relevant for the exam).

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Schedule of the seminar part (preliminary)

Nov. 21, 09:00 – 17:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 13, B254): Kocher

09:10-09:50: Booth and Nolan (2012a) (Christensen) 09:50-10:30: Gneezy et al. (2003) (Fischer)

10:30-10:45: Coffee break

10:45-11:25: Furtner et al. (2014) (Furtner) 11:25-12:05: Ashraf (2009) (Grimm)

12:05-12:45: Buser et al. (2014) (Gryganska) 12:45-13:45: Lunch break

13:45-14:25: Bettinger and Long (2005) (Herrmann) 14:25-15:05: Balafoutas and Sutter (2012) (Klimm) 15:05-15:20: Coffee break

15:20-16:00: Field et al. (2014) (Laurentsyeva) 16:00-16:40: Eisenkopf et al. (2014) (Loipersberger) 16:40-17:00: Final discussion (Kocher)

Dez. 05, 09:00 – 16:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 13, B210): Schnitzer

09:10-09:50: Krause et al. (2012) (Bach) 09:50-10:30: Smith et al. (2013) (Døssing) 10:30-10:45: Coffee break

10:45-11:25: Driva et al. (2014) (Driva) 11:25-12:05: Muravyev et al. (2008) (Giesing) 12:05-12:45: Jensen (2012) (Kitzinger) 12:45-13:45: Lunch break

13:45-14:25: Booth and Nolan (2012b) (Kurz) 14:25-15:05: Ghazala and Zarzuela (2012) (Nagler) 15:05-15:45: Eckel and Grossman (2001) (Töytäri) 15:45-16:00: Final discussion (Schnitzer)

Jan. 09, 09:00 – 17:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 13, B254): Kocher

09:10-09:50: García -Gallego et al. (2014) (Bayer) 09:50-10:30: Antman (2001) (Bodurska)

10:30-10:45: Coffee break

10:45-11:25: Fisman et al. (2006) (Braun)

11:25-12:05: Cooray and Potrafke (2011) (Heitmann) 12:05-12:45: Castillo and Cross (2008) (Peterhammer) 12:45-13:45: Lunch break

13:45-14:25: Andreoni and Vesterlund (2001) (Rath) 14:25-15:05: Busch (2013) (Schade)

15:05-15:20: Coffee break

15:20-16:00: Kuhn and Shen (2012) (Schindlmeier) 16:00-16:40: Schubert et al. (1999) (Tholen) 16:40-17:00: Final discussion (Kocher)

17:00-20:00: NOT OBLIGATORY – Drinks, discussion and feedback

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List of References

Andreoni, J., Vesterlund, L. 2001. Which is the fair sex? Gender differences in altruism. Quarterly Journal of Economics: 116: 293-312.

Antman, F. 2011. International migration and gender discrimination among children left behind.

American Economic Review 101: 645-649.

Ashraf, N. 2009. Spousal control and intra-household decision making: An experimental study in the Philippines. American Economic Review 99: 1245-1277.

Balafoutas, L., Sutter, M. 2012. Affirmative action policies promote women and do not harm efficiency in the lab. Science 335: 579-582.

Bettinger, E. Long, B. 2005. Do faculty serve as role models? The impact of instructor gender on female students. American Economic Review 95: 152-157.

Booth, A., Nolen, P. 2012a. Choosing to compete: How different are girls and boys? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 81: 542-555.

Booth, A., Nolen, P. 2012b. Gender differences in risk behavior: does nurture matter? Economic Journal 122: F56-F78.

Busch, A. 2013. Der Einfluss der beruflichen Geschlechtersegregation auf den "Gender Pay Gap" - Zur Bedeutung geschlechtlich konnotierter Arbeitsinhalte Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 65: 301-338.

Buser, T., Niederle, M., Oosterbeek, H. 2014. Gender, competitiveness and career choices. Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming.

Castillo, M., Cross, P. 2008. Of mice and men: Within gender variation in strategic behavior. Games and Economic Behavior 64: 421-432.

Cooray, A., Potrafke, N. 2011. Gender inequality in education: Political institutions or culture and religion? European Journal of Political Economy 27: 268-280.

Driva, A., Lührmann, M., Winter, J. 2014. Gender differences in financial literacy. Working Paper, University of Munich.

Eckel, C., Grossman, P. 2001. Chivalry and solidarity in ultimatum games. Economic Inquiry, 39: 171- 88.

Eisenkopf, G., Hessami, Z., Fischbacher, U., Ursprung, H. 2014. Academic performance and single- sex schooling: Evidence from a natural experiment in Switzerland. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming.

Field, E., Jayachandran, S., Pande, R., Rigol, N. 2014. Friends at Work: Can peer support stimulate female entrepreneurship? Working Paper, Duke University.

Fisman, R., Iyengar, S., Kamenica, E., Simonson, I. 2006. Gender differences in mate selection:

Evidence from a speed dating experiment. Quarterly Journal of Economics 121: 673-697.

Furtner, N., Kocher, M., Martinsson, P., Matzat, D., Wollbrant, C. 2014. Gender and cooperative preferences. Working Paper, University of Munich.

García-Gallego, A. Georgantzís, N. Jaramillo-Gutiérrez, A. 2012. Gender differences in ultimatum games: Despite rather than due to risk attitudes. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 83: 42-49.

Ghazala, A., Ferrer, R. 2012. Gender gaps in performance: Evidence from young lawyers. Working Paper, Queen Mary College, University of London.

Gneezy, U., Niederle, M., Rustichini, A. 2003. Performance in competitive environments: Gender differences. Quarterly Journal of Economics 118: 1049-1074.

Jensen, R. 2012. Do labor market opportunities affect young women's work and family decisions?

Experimental evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics 127: 753-792.

Krause, A., Rinne, U., Zimmermann K. 2012. Anonymous job appliations in Europe. IZA Working Paper.

Kuhn, P., Shen, K. 2012. Gender discrimination in job ads: Evidence from China. Quarterly Journal of Economics 128: 287-336.

Muravyev, A., Talavera, S., Schäfer, D. 2008. Entrepreneurs' gender and financial constraints:

Evidence from international data. Journal of Comparative Economics 37: 270-286.

Schubert, R., Brown, M., Gysler, M., Brachinger, H. 1999. Financial decision-making: Are women really more risk-averse? American Economic Review, Papers and Proceeding 89: 381-385.

Smith, N., Smith, V., Verner, M. 2013. Why are so few females promoted into CEO and vice president positions? Danish empirical evidence, 1997-2007. Industrial Labor Relations Review 66: 380-408.