Economic theories of discrimination are usually based on tastes. The huge body of empirical studies, however, considers … examines tastes for discrimination directly, or considers people's willingness to trade off other characteristics to indulge …

study gender differences in promotion rates and in the wage gains attached to promotions. Several unique features of our … attached to promotions, and relatively few studies on gender differences have considered promotions and wage increases together … there is essentially no gender difference in wage growth with or without promotions …

the parental gender gap in wages and income. At the same time, working in more family friendly workplaces would not reduce …

eliminates gender differences and the response is shown only to be consistent with statistical discrimination. Our study secures …We examine gender differences in bargaining outcomes in a highly competitive and commonly used market: the taxi market …. These differentials are consistent with both statistical and taste-based discrimination. To identify the source of the …

This paper summarizes research on gender differences in economic settings. I discuss gender differences in attitudes … toward competition, altruism and the closely related issue of cooperation, and risk preferences. While gender differences in …. Surprisingly, the results are also quite mixed when concerning gender differences in risk attitudes. I discuss the external …

Discrimination against women has been alleged in hiring practices for many occupations, but it is extremely difficult … test for sex-biased hiring. To overcome possible biases in hiring, most orchestras revised their audition policies in the …

This paper assesses the relative importance of various explanations for the gender gap in career outcomes for highly ….S. business school, are studied to understand how career dynamics differ by gender. Although male and female MBAs have nearly … rising gender gap in earnings: differences in training prior to MBA graduation; differences in career interruptions; and …

can be advantageous for their careers and that this phenomenon can contribute to the gender pay gap. We use administrative … causal effect of managers' gender on their employees' career progressions. We find that male employees assigned to male … contrary, had the same career progression regardless of their managers' gender. These differences were not accompanied by any …