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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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We evaluate the impact of a role model intervention on the gender attitudes, college aspirations and education outcomes … models on boys' and girls' attitudes toward gender equality but no impact on college aspirations. Data collected two and four …
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altruism which motivates donors. This study examines gender heterogeneity of volunteer response by blood donors following the … proportional increase for men. Notably, this gender gap decreases with the frequency with which people have previously donated. …
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We investigate whether, why and when prosocial engagement has a causal effect on individual employment opportunities. To this end, a field experiment is conducted in which volunteering activities are randomly assigned to fictitious job applications sent to genuine vacancies. We find that...
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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by 40 percent and others being particularly effective for minority women. The heterogeneities we find by gender, race …
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We use a controlled experiment widely adopted in the literature to assess the extent of gender differences in attitudes … towards competition in a sample of UK professionals working in two different companies. We find no gender differences in … it is important to avoid generalisations on the presence of gender gaps in attitudes towards competition. This being the …
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We ran a field experiment to investigate whether individual performance in teams depends on the gender of the leader …
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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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. The accounts differed in three characteristics: gender (male or female), race (Black or White), and university affiliation …
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