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We present results from a unique nationwide survey conducted in Sweden on sexual orientation and job satisfaction. Our …
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contrast to previous results at the secondary education level. Contrary to the gender composition at lower levels of education … in Sweden, the teachers and graders at the university level are predominantly male. Thus, an in-group bias mechanism …
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mediocre male party leadership can create incentives for gender imbalance and more incompetent men in office. The predictions …
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We demonstrate how suppliers can take strategic speculative positions in derivatives markets to soften competition in the spot market. In our game, suppliers first choose a portfolio of call options and then compete with supply functions. In equilibrium firms sell forward contracts and buy call...
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We study the role of beauty in politics. For the first time, focus is put on differences in how women and men evaluate female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have collected 16,218 assessments by 2,772 respondents of...
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We infer the role of gender identity norms from the reallocation of childcare across parents, following changes in …
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This paper examines gender differences in optimism about the economy. We measure optimism using Swedish survey data in … economic situation. Furthermore, in sharp economic downturns, the gender differences in optimism disappear. This convergence in …
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This paper presents evidence of how attitudes toward gender roles in the home and market are shaped by Hofstede's six … ancestry. The approach focuses attention on how gender roles are shaped across generations within families. Both influences on … the father's and mother's side are studied. Ancestry from more masculine cultures shape more traditional gender roles on …
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Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women’s political leadership …
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affect Sweden. Further, women engage in more climate-mitigating behavior than men,even conditional on climate beliefs. The … association between gender and climate policy support isless robust, and disappears altogether when climate beliefs are controlled … for, demonstrating thatclimate beliefs is the main mechanism explaining the relationship between gender and policysupport …
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