Like men, women too take bigger risks!
Prof Alison Booth at the Australian National University, who led the team, said the results showed risk-taking in women came down to social learning and environmental factors, rather than inherent gender traits.
The researchers said that the findings had implications for the labour market."Recent studies in experimental economics have shown that, on average, women are more risk averse than men. If much of the remuneration in high-paying jobs consists of bonuseslinked to a company's performance, relatively fewer women will choose high-paying jobs because of the uncertainty," he said.Agency.