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Using a very large sample of matched author-referee pairs, we examine how the gender of referees and authors affects … the former's recommendations. Relying on changing matches of authors and referees, we find no evidence of gender …' and authors' gender. With substantial research showing gender differences in fairness, the results suggest that an ethos …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269859
Using a very large sample of matched author-referee pairs, we examine how the gender of referees and authors affects … the former's recommendations. Relying on changing matches of authors and referees, we find no evidence of gender …’ and authors' gender. With substantial research showing gender differences in fairness, the results suggest that an ethos …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506081
Using CPS data from 1979-2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic males and women, Hispanics and African-Americans. Women's and Hispanics' relative earnings are harmed by negative shocks, while the earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278189
Using CPS data from 1979-2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic males and women, Hispanics and African-Americans. Women's and Hispanics' relative earnings are harmed by negative shocks, while the earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280716
The discrimination literature treats outcomes as relative. But does a differential arise because agents discriminate … randomly to students' exams that did/ did not contain names, we find favouritism but no discrimination by nationality, but … neither by gender. We are able to identify these preferences under a wide range of behavioural scenarios regarding the graders …
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Using microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, this study considers how agents perceive characteristics that are discriminated against. It uses the examples of beauty and height to examine whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic affect...
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Using several microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, and the examples of height and beauty, this study examines whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic are what affect labor-market and other outcomes; and 2) The effects of a characteristic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279365
favoritism nor discrimination by gender, findings that are robust to a wide variety of potential concerns. We observe … heterogeneity in both discrimination and favoritism by nationality and by gender in the distributions of graders' preferences. We …The immense literature on discrimination treats outcomes as relative: One group suffers compared to another. But does a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265666
Using several microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, and the examples of height and beauty, this study examines whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic are what affect labor-market and other outcomes; and 2) The effects of a characteristic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282604
favoritism nor discrimination by gender, findings that are robust to a wide variety of potential concerns. We observe … heterogeneity in both discrimination and favoritism by nationality and by gender in the distributions of graders' preferences. We …The immense literature on discrimination treats outcomes as relative: One group suffers compared to another. But does a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319490