@article{ref1,
title="Who's on top? Gender differences in risk-taking produce unequal outcomes for high-ability women and men",
journal="Social psychology quarterly",
year="2018",
author="Fisk, Susan R.",
volume="81",
number="3",
pages="185-206",
abstract="Research shows that men are more likely to take risks than women, but there is scant evidence that this produces gender inequality. To address this gap, I analyzed engineering exam scores that used an unusual grading procedure. I found small average gender differences in risk-taking that did not produce gendered outcomes for students of average or poor ability. But the gender gap in risk-taking among the most competent students reduced the odds that high-ability women received top exam scores. These results demonstrate that gender differences in risk-taking can produce gender inequality in outcomes among top performers. This suggests that the upward mobility of high-ability women may be depressed relative to equally competent men in male-typed institutional settings in which outcomes are influenced by both ability and risk-taking. In this manner, these results provide new insights into the microlevel social-psychological processes that produce and reproduce gender inequality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0190-2725",
doi="10.1177/0190272518796512",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0190272518796512"
}