This study investigates empirically whether and how the use of gender-neutral language affects the performance of women and men in real high-stakes exams. We make use of a natural experiment in which the institute administering Israel’s standardized college admission tests amended the language...

We investigate whether users' reputations on the sharing economy platform of Airbnb are racially biased. We do so by comparing the ratings of vacation rentals cross-listed on two sharing economy platforms: Airbnb and HomeAway. Whereas on Airbnb, the social demographic characteristics of hosts...

We show that users' reputations on the sharing economy platform of Airbnb are racially biased. We do so by comparing the ratings of vacation rentals cross-listed on two sharing economy platforms: Airbnb and HomeAway. Whereas on Airbnb, the social demographic characteristics of hosts are salient,...

This study investigates empirically whether and how the use of gender-neutral language affects the performance of women and men in real high-stakes exams. We make use of a natural experiment in which the institute administering Israel's standardized college admission tests amended the language...

Languages vary in the ways in which they encode time. In some languages, like German, the same grammatical tense is used for the present and the future (weak FTR languages), while in other languages, like English, the marking of the present and the future are distinct (strong FTR languages)....

Gender inequality in contemporary U.S. society is a well-documented, widespread phenomenon. However, little is known about gender disparities in product markets. This study is the first to use actual market data to study the behavior of women and men as sellers and buyers and differences in...