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We empirically investigate how the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) changes when gaining access to market information. To do so, we evaluate the impact of an information program diffused by a bank among its SME customers. Adopting firms gained access to reports with rich information about their own clientele and that of nearby establishments. While we find that adoption is associated with a 4.5% revenue increase, our instrumental variable results indicate that adoption increases revenue by 9%. The main mechanism driving our result is that the new information prompted adopting establishments to target gender-age customer groups underserved before adoption., We also thank Fundación BBVA for funding this research project. Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez also thanks the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (projects DGCT; PID2021-127119NB-I00 and PID2022-138774NB-I00) for financial support.

This paper serves as the opening for the Virtual Special Issue on the economic consequences of gender differences in behavior, published in the Journal of Economic Psychology. The issue aims to consolidate recent research exploring how gender differences in behavior, reflected in risk attitudes, competitiveness, and negotiation tendencies, impact economic outcomes and, in particular, may partially explain labor market differences across genders regarding occupational segregation, wage gaps, and disparities in career advancement. We provide an overview of the topic, highlighting the importance of understanding gender-specific economic behaviors and setting the stage for the detailed studies, and follow by introducing the articles included in the special issue, which use mainly experimental and empirical insights., Jaume García-Segarra acknowledges financial support from project PID2022-136977NB-I00 Funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/, Spain and PCI2024-155035-2 funded by MCIN/AEI, Spain and the DFG, Germany. Iñigo Hernandez-Arenaz acknowledges the financial support from grants PID2021-127119NB-I00 and PID2022-138774NB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, Spain and by “ERDF A way of making europe”. Pedro Rey-Biel acknowledges funding from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (PID2022-142172NB-I00) ICREA Academia and Universitat Ramón Llull.

Through a field study (N = 1,519) that uses a technology to record real-time data on waste sorting, we find that offering the opportunity to sign a pledge increases the effectiveness of an environmental campaign. With a timespan of over four years, the pledge increased waste sorting participation by 4.55 to 5.10 percentage points (SD = 0.1997). The effect is greater immediately after the campaign (around 9 to 10 pp during the first 15 wk), but it remains sizable and statistically significant 150 to 210 wk after signing (3.11 to 4.45 pp).
Continue Reading, Financial support from Grant TED2021-129798A-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR. I.H.-A. acknowledges the financial support from Grant PID2021-127119NB-I00 and PID2022-138774NBI00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by ¿ERDF A way of making Europe.¿ E.A.-P. thanks Grant PID2020-115018RB-C33 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.