Gender Differences in Risk Preferences in Myanmar

10.18258/9201 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okkar Mandalay Okkar Mandalay
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Risk Preferences

Gender Differences in Preferences

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 448-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Croson ◽  
Uri Gneezy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Economic Experiments ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Other Regarding ◽  
Other Regarding Preferences ◽  
Gender Specific

This paper reviews the literature on gender differences in economic experiments. In the three main sections, we identify robust differences in risk preferences, social (other-regarding) preferences, and competitive preferences. We also speculate on the source of these differences, as well as on their implications. Our hope is that this article will serve as a resource for those seeking to understand gender differences and to use as a starting point to illuminate the debate on gender-specific outcomes in the labor and goods markets.

scholarly journals Invest As I Say, Not As I Do? Gender Dif-ferences In Financial Risk Preferences

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Ammon Jianakoplos
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Asset Allocation ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Financial Risks ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
Survey Of Consumer Finances ◽  
Risky Assets ◽  
Consumer Finances ◽  
Using Data

This paper examines gender differences in stated versus observed financial risk preferences. The responses of women versus men to a question regarding financial risk preferences are compared to the proportion of risky assets held in their portfolios using data from the 1995 Survey of Consumer Finances. The data show that women are more likely to express an unwillingness to take financial risks. Stated financial risk preferences are found to be consistent with observed risk preferences at the ordinal, but not the quantitative, level. Contradicting their stated risk preferences, risky assets constitute, on average, one-third of the financial assets of households that indicate they are unwilling to take any financial risks. Financial planners and advisers frequently use a clients expressed willingness to take on risk as an important determinant in asset allocation recommendations. Consistent gender differences in these responses, in addition to inconsistencies between the clients stated risk preferences and observed portfolio allocation, may lead advisers to make inappropriate recommendations.

scholarly journals Are Early Stage Investors Biased Against Women?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ewens ◽  
Richard R. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Gender Biases

We study whether early stage investors have gender biases using a proprietary dataset from An- gelList that allows us to observe private interactions between investors and fundraising startups. We find that male investors express less interest in female entrepreneurs compared to observably similar male entrepreneurs. In contrast, female investors express more interest in female entrepreneurs. These findings do not appear to be driven by within-gender screening/monitoring advantages or gender differences in risk preferences. Moreover, the male-led startups that male investors express interest in do not outperform the female-led startups they express interest in—they underperform. Overall, the evidence is consistent with gender biases.

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