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There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and … evidence for the role of various factors in affecting educational achievement by gender. Gender differences in non … concludes by evaluating what factors are most responsible for the two central gender gaps, whether there is a role for policy to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430687
There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and … evidence for the role of various factors in affecting educational achievement by gender. Gender differences in non … concludes by evaluating what factors are most responsible for the two central gender gaps, whether there is a role for policy to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437075
Although explicit discrimination in access to social programs is typically prohibited, more subtle forms of discrimination prior to the formal application process may still exist. Unveiling this phenomenon, we provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child...
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Much research has shown that having a better class of degree has significant payoff in the labour market. Using administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post-primary school achievement is an important predictor: Its...
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This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers' perceptions of gender norms on their employment … gender norm regarding maternal employment in their city. At baseline, over 70% of mothers incorrectly perceive this gender … share of mothers who misperceive gender norms as overly conservative. The treatment also shifts mothers' own labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015190592
This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers' perceptions of gender norms on their employment … gender norm regarding maternal employment in their city. At baseline, over 70% of mothers incorrectly perceive this gender … share of mothers who misperceive gender norms as overly conservative. The treatment also shifts mothers' own labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015159204
This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers’ perceptions of gender norms on their employment … gender norm regarding maternal employment in their city. At baseline, over 70% of mothers incorrectly perceive this gender … share of mothers who misperceive gender norms as overly conservative. The treatment also shifts mothers’ own labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015164664
Gender gaps in labor-market outcomes often emerge with arrival of the first child. We investigate a causal link between … gender norms and labor-supply expectations within a survey experiment among 2,000 German adolescents. Using a hypothetical …, significantly reduce girls' self-expected labor supply and thereby increase the expected gender difference in labor supply between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012298681
Gender gaps in labor-market outcomes often emerge with the arrival of the first child. We investigate a causal link … between gender norms and labor-supply expectations within a survey experiment among 2,000 German adolescents. Using a … norm towards mothers significantly reduce girls’ self-expected labor supply and thereby increase the expected gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499686
This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers’ perceptions of gender norms on their employment … gender norm regarding maternal employment in their city. At baseline, over 70% of mothers incorrectly perceive this gender … norm as too conservative - the most pronounced misperception among the various gender norms we examine. Our randomized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015404835