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Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes : experimental evidence from Mexico

Busso, Matias; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2021

This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...

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An integrated analysis of the impact of gender diversity on innovation and productivity in manufacturing firms : prepared for the institutions for development sector

Gallego, Juan Miguel; Gutiérrez Urdaneta, Luis H. - 2018

This paper presents evidence of the effects of gender diversity on firm innovation outcomes and their productivity in … endogeneity issues of women’s participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on … innovation might arise because more dynamic and innovative managers, knowing the value of gender diversity, may also hire more …

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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

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Returns to skills or returns to tasks? : a comment on Hanushek et al. (2015)

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika - 2017

We comment on the work of Hanushek et al. (2015) and show that returns to skills are very heterogeneous and depend crucially on the tasks performed in the workplace, in line with the critique by Acemoglu and Autor (2011). Depending on the type of tasks performed at work, as well as on...

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The gender labor market gap in the digital economy

Bustelo, Monserrat; Flabbi, Luca; Viollaz, Mariana - 2019

labor market, according to gender, across four Latin American countries. We find that information and communication … for both men and women. However, there is a significant gender gap that favors men on the STEM returns. There is also a … sizable gender gap regarding the amount of skills accumulated by gender. Through an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, we estimate …

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Does gender and sexual diversity lead to greater conflict in the school?

Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Herrera, Alejandro; … - 2022

Diversity in gender identity and sexual orientation challenges traditional institutions, social norms, and gendered …

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Self-perceptions about academic achievement : evidence from Mexico City

Bobba, Matteo; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2020

A growing body of evidence suggests that people exhibit large biases when processing information about themselves, but less is known about the underlying inference process. This paper studies belief updating patterns regarding academic ability in a large sample of students transitioning from...

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Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance : A Field Experiment

Hoogendoorn, Sander; van Praag, Mirjam - 2014

One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the impact of ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up 45 real companies as part of their curriculum in an international...

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Labor Market Prospects, Search Intensity and the Transition from College to Work

van der Klaauw, Bas; van Vuuren, Aico; Berkhout, Peter - 2004

model using a unique data set of individuals who completed undergraduate education in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2001 …

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin; van Praag, Mirjam - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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