Gender differences
These projects examine how gender norms, stereotypes, competitiveness, family influences, and educational environments shape occupational preferences, career decisions, and gender inequalities in education and labor markets.
Public Attitudes towards Mothers’ Part-Time Work: a Survey Experiment on Costs of Reduced Working Hours. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 257, 2026. By Maddalena Davoli and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
Are parents an obstacle to gender-atypical occupational choices? Journal of Population Economics, 38(2025)80. By Stefan C. Wolter and Thea Zöllner. Working Paper version
Disconnecting Women: Gender Disparities in the Impact of Online Instruction. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 245, 2025. By Xiaoyue Shan, Ulf Zölitz and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
How Selectivity Shapes Selection. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 236, 2025. By Claudio Schilter.
It’s all about maths! Skill requirements and the gender gap in occupational choice. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 237, 2025. By Thea Zöllner.
Gender Norms, Occupational Choices, and the Innovation Gender Gap. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 230, 2024. By Andreas Bühler, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
What Works for Women Does Not Work for Men: A Large Field Experiment on Countering Gendered Occupational Choices.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 207, 2024 (first version: 2022). By Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
A, B, or C? Question Format and the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 206, 2023. By Maddalena Davoli.
Is being competitive always an advantage? Competitiveness, gender, and labour market success. Labour Economics, 85(2023). By Samuel Luethi and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Social Norms and Gendered Occupational Choices of Men and Women: Time to Turn the Tide? Industrial Relations, 62(2023)4: 380-410 (first published online 12.04.2023). By Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version
The Strength of Gender Norms and Gender-Stereotypical Occupational Aspirations Among Adolescents.Kyklos, 76(2023)1: 101-124 (first published online 24.10.2022). By Andreas Kuhn and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training. European Journal of Political Economy, 75(2022) (first published online 09.04.2022). By Andreas Kuhn, Jürg Schweri and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Things versus People: Gender Differences in Vocational Interests and in Occupational Preferences.Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 203(2022): 210-234 (first published online 23.09.2022). By Andreas Kuhn and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Willingness to compete, gender and career choices along the whole ability distribution.Experimental Economics, 25(2022): 1299-1326. By Thomas Buser, Noemi Peter and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version
Girls' preferences for STEM and the effects of classroom gender composition: new evidence from a natural experiment.Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 178(2020): 102-123. By Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Gerald Eisenkopf. Working Paper version
Gender, Competitiveness, and Study Choices in High School: Evidence from Switzerland. American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 107(2017)5: 125–130. By Thomas Buser, Noemi Peter and Stefan C. Wolter. Open access under Working Paper version
Discriminatory Social Attitudes and Varying Gender Pay Gaps within Firms. ILR Review, 69(2016)1: 253-279. By Simon Janssen, Simone N. Tuor Sartore and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version.
Occupational Stereotypes and Gender-Specific Job Satisfaction. Industrial Relations, 55(2016)1: 71-91. By Simon Janssen and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version.
Part-time Employment - Boon to Women but Bane to Men? New Insights on Employer-Provided Training.Kyklos, 67(2014)4: 463-481. By Uschi Backes-Gellner, Simone N. Tuor and Yvonne Oswald.
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