economics, psychology, policy

Why Is Infant Mortality Higher in Boys Than in Girls? A New Hypothesis Based on Preconception Environment and Evidence From a Large Sample ...

Or to put it another way: women are born to be nicer according to this report of research . Yeah, I know, you told us.

People's attitudes towards others, particularly those who differ in some way, can be quite revealing. Ireland has had a great deal of mi...

The difference in earnings between men and women is one of the most widely commented on statistics about the labour market. It currently fe...

People probably differ sharply about the answer to this question but for a scholarly treatment this book by Roy Baumeister looks fascinating...

If a meeting becomes stressful, does it help, or make things worse, if team members drink lots of coffee? A study by Lindsay St. Claire an...

This paper casts doubt on the well known paper, recently published in the AEA Applied Economics that attributed much of the absenteeism of ...

Differences between the sexes in educational attainment are of interest to many people. In Ireland, as elsewhere, males are being left behin...

RTE today carried the shock news that girls outperform boys in the Leaving Certificate. To be fair the article notes that this is not new a...

Alison L. Booth, Patrick Nolen Women and men may differ in their propensity to choose a risky outcome because of innate preferences or beca...

The paper below made me think about the wage gap between males & females (sorry I hate the use of the word "gender" there) ...