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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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Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications …, combined with competitive job incentives, affects gender equality in the labor market and discuss policy implications. The …
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elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a … increases girls' interest in STEM and decreases the gender gap via an increase in STEM confidence. Our findings suggest that an … easy-to-implement digital intervention has the potential to foster gender equality for young children and can potentially …
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How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a...
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We study the role of face-to-face interaction for gender differences in deceptive behavior and perceived honesty. In … perceived honesty matters and men's truthfulness rises way beyond the level of women. To elaborate on these gender differences …
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We document gender differences in the price paid for work-related air travel among similar workers within a firm. We … women booking flights earlier than men. We investigate potential mechanisms that could explain the observed gender … differences. We find that gender differences increase with age, but we find no deviation from this trend during the childbearing …
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We analyze gender bias in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success, yet women … lab-in-the-field experiment with Ugandan loan officers, we document gender bias against individual female entrepreneurs …
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, internationally, women and parents value flexibility more but do not work more flexible jobs. The gender dimension of this flexibility … diverging after childbirth. We show through counterfactuals that making meaningful jobs more flexible reduces the gender gap in …
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Economic development is often held to be beneficial for gender equality. However, there is good reason to believe that … empirical assessment of the relative importance of development and historical determinants of gender equality at the cross … development in determining gender equality outcomes. Thus, our study highlights the importance of considering the contextual and …
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significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …
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