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out both of these sources of discrimination with respect to gender. Yet, we still detect substantial discrimination … rely on statistically inaccurate beliefs but differ in how clearly they reveal that the choice was based on gender. Our …
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We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law … sample includes countries at different stages of development. We document the cross-country variation in gender gaps and how … these gaps have changed over time. We show that while there is gender parity at the entry level in most countries by the end …
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This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislators' careers, widen over time, and are seen alongside a higher propensity for female state legislators to recontest state …
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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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We propose a management career model where females face a gender-specific career hurdle. We show that female managers …
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difference-in-discontinuities design, I then show that the gender gap in the probability of being elected has long … candidates face hurdles at the beginning of their careers …
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rising wage dispersion. The increasing gender wage gap by age parallels a rising hierarchy gap. Our findings suggest that …
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seekers and firms behave during the recruitment process. In this paper we identify new patterns about the recruitment … planned search period and decreases thereafter, why most applicants arrive early in the recruitment process, and why the …
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A large part of the literature on frictional matching in the labor market assumes bilateral meetings between workers and firms. This ignores the frictions that arise when workers and firms meet in a multilateral way and cannot coordinate their application and hiring decisions. I analyze the...
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Recruitment behavior is important for the matching process in the labor market. Using unique linked survey …-administrative data, we explore the relationships between hiring and recruitment policies. Faster hiring goes along with higher search … directed search model in which firms use different recruitment margins in response to productivity shocks. The calibrated model …
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