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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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What makes a successful CEO? We combine a near-exhaustive sample of CEOs of Swedish companies with data on their cognitive and non-cognitive ability and height at age 18. CEOs differ from other high-skill professions most in non-cognitive ability. The median large-company CEO belongs to the top...
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We use exceptionally rich data on all business, economics, and engineering graduates in Sweden to study women's career …
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Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
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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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