Stark, Oded; Hyll, Walter - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 105 (2014) C, pp. 173-177
We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals’ formation of … gender-specific quotas. In the absence of quotas, women consider their chances of getting top positions to be lower than men …. Gender quotas discourage men who are less efficient in forming human capital, and encourage women who are more efficient in …