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candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an … institutionalized demand-side barriers rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints …
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We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India’s manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that...
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Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and lead to increased productivity? In a field experiment with 266 employees, we find that paying higher wages, per se, does not have a discernible effect on productivity (in a context with no future employment opportunities). However, structuring a portion of...
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as it adapted to shifts in the social discourse regarding gender and work. Analyzing archival data from the firm over … eighteen years and representations of gender and work from the business press over the corresponding two decades, we find that … beliefs about gender and work. Outside experts and shifting social understandings played pivotal roles in changing beliefs and …
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