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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …
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The persistent lack of workplace diversity in management and leadership may lead to organizational vulnerabilities. White males occupy most high-profile positions in the largest U.S. corporations whereas African Americans, Hispanics, and women are clearly underrepresented in leadership roles....
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This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work … students’ preferences for professionals and find that gender differences in information provision would remain if students …
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This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work … students’ preferences for professionals and find that gender differences in information provision would remain if students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246914
Gender gaps in labor-market outcomes often emerge with the arrival of the first child. We investigate a causal link … between gender norms and labor-supply expectations within a survey experiment among 2,000 German adolescents. Using a … norm towards mothers significantly reduce girls’ self-expected labor supply and thereby increase the expected gender …
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We analyze how the gender composition of teams affects team interactions. In an online experiment, we randomly assign … individuals to gender-homogenous or gender-mixed teams. Teams meet in an audio chat room and jointly work on a gender-neutral team … more than all-female teams and outperform teams of both alternative gender compositions. In mixed teams, males strongly …
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growth, but only in stores where the store's manager and a large fraction of the employees have the same gender. Remarkably …
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This paper investigates beliefs concerning the gender gap in salary negotiations (GGSN) in a sample of 4,300 women, 1 …
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women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed … marital patterns by education for men. …
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The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the … nonlinear and peaks at 3-4 years of childcare attendance. Examination of gender heterogeneity patterns reveals differences in … girls' and boys' performance on the assessments; however, there are no gender differences in the relationship between …
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