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Betting on diversity : occupational segregation and gender stereotypes

Fischbacher, Urs; Kübler, Dorothea; Stüber, Robert - 2022

Many occupations and industries are highly segregated with respect to gender. This segregation could be due to perceived job-specific productivity differences between men and women. It could also result from the belief that single-gender teams perform better. We investigate the two explanations...

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Team production, gender diversity, and male courtship behavior

Siemens, Ferdinand von - 2015

This theoretical paper explores the impact of gender diversity on team production. The key assumption is that men … expected team production if (i) men and women have similar expected ability, and (ii) monetary incentives to exert effort are … behavior of male team members, gender diversity has the biggest effects in young teams, and monetary incentives crowd-out the …

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Diversity and discrimination in the classroom

Anderberg, Dan; Dahl, Gordon B.; Felfe, Christina; … - 2024

What makes diversity unifying in some settings but divisive in others? We examine how the mixing of ethnic groups in German schools affects intergroup cooperation and trust. We leverage the quasi-random assignment of students to classrooms within schools to obtain variation in the type of...

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Global value chains, trade shocks and jobs : an application to Brexit

Vandenbussche, Hylke; Connell, William; Simons, Wouter - 2019

We develop a network trade model with country-sector level input-output linkages. It includes (1) domestic and global value chain linkages between all country-sectors, (2) direct as well as indirect shipments (via other sectors and countries) to a final destination, (3) value added rather than...

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The heterogeneous impact of Brexit : early indications from the FTSE

Davies, Ronald B.; Studnicka, Zuzanna - 2017

The UK's decision to leave the EU is surrounded by several studies simulating its potential effects. Alternatively, we examine expectations embodied in stock returns using a two-part estimation process. While most firms' prices fell, there was considerable heterogeneity in their relative...

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Own motivation, peer motivation, and educational success

Bietenbeck, Jan - 2020

I study how motivation shapes own and peers' educational success. Using data from Project STAR, I ﬁnd that academic motivation in early elementary school, as measured by a standardized psychological test, predicts contemporaneous and future test scores, high school GPA, and college-test taking...

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How tinted are your glasses? : gender views, beliefs and recommendations in hiring

Hochleitner, Anna; Tufano, Fabio; Facchini, Giovanni; … - 2025 - This draft: March 29, 2025

We study the gendered impact of recommendations at different stages of the hiring process. First, using a large sample of reference letters from the academic job market for economists, we document that women receive fewer "ability" and more "grindstone" letters. Next, we conduct two experiments...

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The importance of co-determination for gender diversity in the boardroom

Kunze, Astrid; Scharfenkamp, Katrin - 2025

This study examines the interplay of co-determination law and board gender quotas using novel board-director panel data for Norway. We present descriptive evidence suggesting that boards with employee representatives on boards of directors were more gender diverse before the gender quota....

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Gender diversity, labour in the boardroom and gender quotas

Kunze, Astrid; Scharfenkamp, Katrin - 2022

This study investigates boards of (non-executive) directors and whether employee representation has a positive effect on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany, which contain unique information on whether a director...

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Does religious diversity improve trust and performance? : evidence from Lebanon

Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; Mouganie, Pierre - 2022

Religious divisions have long played a primary role in major conflicts throughout much of the world. Intergroup contact may increase trust between members of different religions. However, evidence on how inter-religious contact affects individuals' behavior towards one another is scarce. We...

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