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A rich literature explores gender differences between men and women, but an increasing share of the population … identifies their gender in some other way. Analyzing data on roughly 10,000 students and 1,500 adults, we find that such gender … minorities are less confident and provide less favorable self-evaluations than equally performing men on a math and science test …
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apply our methods to examine gender differences in preference for winner-take-all compensation schemes. We find that what … has commonly been attributed to a gender difference in preference for performing in a competition is instead explained by …
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In an experiment that elicits subjects' willingness to pay (WTP) for the outcome of a lottery, we confirm the fourfold pattern of risk attitudes described by Kahneman and Tversky. In addition, we document a systematic effect of stake sizes on the magnitude and sign of the relative risk premium,...
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on several economically-important beliefs and preferences. Among many results, non-binary individuals report more gender …-based discrimination and express different career and life aspirations, including less desire for children. Anti-non-binary sentiment is …
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, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter …Stronger enforcement of discrimination laws can help to reduce disparities in economic outcomes with respect to race … it is not publicly available - in particular, data on racial, ethnic, and gender disparities within specific companies …
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Actual and perceived gender norms are key to understanding gender inequality in society. In this paper, using newly … collected nationally representative datasets from 60 countries that cover over 80% of the world population, we study gender …, prioritizing women when hiring for leadership positions. We establish that misperceptions of gender norms are pervasive across the …
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Implementing a state-of-the-art machine learning technique for causal identification from text data (C-TEXT), we document that patents authored by female inventors are under-cited relative to those authored by males. Relative to what the same patent would be predicted to receive had the lead...
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, GPA, and course/major taking. We present a framework showing how anticipated discrimination in the labor market can … distort incentives to mask across gender. Consistent with the framework, a survey reveals that students anticipate that female … students, particularly in STEM, Business, and Economics, will face labor market discrimination which makes them less likely to …
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's standardized college admission tests amended the language used in its exams, making test language more gender neutral. We find that …This study investigates empirically whether and how the use of gender-neutral language affects the performance of women … the change to a more gender-neutral language was associated with a significant improvement in the performance of women on …
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partnership with a Spanish-speaking online platform for technology positions, ads randomly selected to use gender-neutral language … similar numbers otherwise. In a separate survey experiment, gender-neutral language in ads increases interest and beliefs …
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