Schoolgirls today do not choose the famous Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya as a role model. Instead, they tend to get frustrated with mathematics by grade nine and rarely expect it to be part of their careers.
January 11, 2017
Food helps democracy and hormones affect financial behaviour.
December 29, 2016
New findings by HSE researchers indicate that prenatal testosterone exposure can influence an individual's financial behaviour, such as the use of bank cards, deposit accounts, loans and insurance.
December 12, 2016
Qualifications and education being equal, it's rare for women in Russia to make it to the top of the corporate ladder compared to men. The reasons for this may vary from a lack of state support to gender role stereotypes which view women as primarily mothers and homemakers, according to the HSE researchers.
December 06, 2016
Needing to switch attention between tasks causes stronger activation in certain brain regions in men compared to women.
November 17, 2016