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What makes diversity unifying in some settings but divisive in others? We examine how the mixing of ethnic groups in … within schools to obtain variation in the type of diversity that prevails in a peer group. We combine this with a large …-scale, incentivized lab-in-field-experiment based on the investment game, allowing us to assess the in-group bias of native German …
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We repeatedly elicit beliefs about the returns to study effort, in a large university course. A behavioral model of quasi-hyperbolic discounting and malleable beliefs predicts that the dynamics of beliefs mirrors the importance of exerting self-control, such that believed returns increase as the...
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We show that culture and diversity strongly influence welfare systems around the globe. To disentangle culture from … redistribution. Finally, we show that redistribution and diversity are linked non-linearly: moderate levels of diversity impede …
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The persistent lack of workplace diversity in management and leadership may lead to organizational vulnerabilities … increase demographic diversity, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on effective ways to reach them. We use a natural field … different types of signals regarding the extent and manner in which the employer values diversity among its workers. We find …
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phenotypic diversity across the globe. This paper provides the first evidence that this migration has shaped cultural diversity … along the migratory routes have lower folkloric diversity. This pattern is consistent with the compression of genetic … of differential cultural diversity and economic development across the world. …
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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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can impact gender diversity in the male-dominated technology sector, both overall and separately for labor supply and …. Complementary survey evidence suggests that anticipated bias is a driver of increased female application completion when assessed by … to be substantially biased against women to result in a lower level of gender diversity than found without AI. …
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We empirically investigate the relationship between a country's economic complexity and the diversity in the … birthplaces of its immigrants. Our cross-country analysis suggests that birthplace diversity is strongly and positively associated … with economic complexity. This holds particularly for diversity among highly educated migrants and for countries at …
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This theoretical paper explores the impact of gender diversity on team production. The key assumption is that men … derive utility from signaling high ability to female colleagues. The analysis shows that some gender diversity maximizes … behavior of male team members, gender diversity has the biggest effects in young teams, and monetary incentives crowd-out the …
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This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity has … exogenous source of variations in population diversity across nations and ethnic groups, it demonstrates that population … diversity, as determined predominantly during the exodus of humans from Africa tens of thousands of years ago, has contributed …
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