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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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Using Greek administrative data, we examine the impact of being randomly assigned to a classroom with a same-gender top … records, which positions them as role models. Both male and female students are influenced by the performance of a same-gender … positive effects from the presence of a same-gender role model. Specifically, female students improved their science test …
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Using Greek administrative data, we examine the impact of being randomly assigned to a classroom with a same-gender top … records, which positions them as role models. Both male and female students are influenced by the performance of a same-gender … positive effects from the presence of a same-gender role model. Specifically, female students improved their science test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053880
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 …
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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/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 …
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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
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/10015168458