TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Who's on top? Gender differences in risk-taking produce unequal outcomes for high-ability women and men
JO  - Social psychology quarterly
A1  - Fisk, Susan R.
SP  - 185
EP  - 206
VL  - 81
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0190-2725
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0190272518796512
ID  - ref1
ER  -