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We conducted a field experiment in the natural setting of blood donations to test how oxytocin relates to empathy and altruism. We randomly assigned blood donors in the Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine to three groups with the aim to induce different levels of empathy by showing a...
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about the mechanisms explaining these gender match effects. Using administrative records from a German public university …, which cover all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018, we show that gender match effects are sizable in smaller classes … professors are crucial for gender match effects to emerge. In contrast, the mere fact that one's professor is female is not …
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This thesis combines five essays in the fields of Labor Economics and the Economics of Education. The goal of the … peer groups for student outcomes in post-secondary education. Many university entrants rely on friends and study partners … examines gender peer effects in the same context. The analysis shows that while female students seem to benefit from higher …
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This dissertation focuses on the relationship between gender equality and economic development, broadly defined. Since … the seminal work of Ester Boserup (1970), gender equality is widely understood as being both an instrument for and a … the consequences of gender inequality for economic development? (Chapter 1.) And what are its causes—i.e., why do we …
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We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18,000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...
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Although explicit discrimination in access to social programs is typically prohibited, more subtle forms of discrimination prior to the formal application process may still exist. Unveiling this phenomenon, we provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child...
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promotes gender equality among families with lower socioeconomic status (SES). Our intervention offers information and … care centers, but also by an increase in care hours by fathers. Gender equality also benefits more broadly from better … access to child care: The treatment improves a gender equality index that combines information on intra-household division of …
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