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Entering a gender-neutral workplace? : college students' expectations and the impact of information provision
Barigozzi, Francesca; Domínguez, José J.; Montinari, … - 2023
? This paper investigates college students' expectations and the effect of information provision about gender gaps in … largely unaware of gender gaps. Second, while information provision doesn't substantially alter employers' hiring decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427446
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Does the gender mix among employers influence who gets hired? : a labor market experiment
Gaudeul, Alexia; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Panganiban, Marian - 2015
applications from two potential employees. We consider whether the gender of the other employer will influence an employerś hiring … decision. We find that the gender mix among employers plays a role in the individual hiring decisions of female members. Female … about relative gender performance are significantly associated with the observed hiring bias, while implicit attitudes do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285423
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What does job applicants' body art signal to employers?
Baert, Stijn; Herregods, Jolien; Sterkens, Philippe - 2023
In this study, we present a state-of-the-art scenario experiment which, for the first time in the literature, directly measures the stigma surrounding job candidates with tattoos and piercings using real recruiters. We find that job candidates with body art are perceived as less pleasant to work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311989
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Strategic behavior across gender : a comparison of female and male expert chess players
Gerdes, Christer; Gränsmark, Patrik - 2010
probability. -- Risk aversion ; competitiveness ; gender ; culture ; mixed-sex competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941764
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The emergence of male leadership in competitive environments
Reuben, Ernesto; Rey-Biel, Pedro; Sapienza, Paola; … - 2010
We present evidence from an experiment in which groups select a leader to compete against the leaders of other groups in a real-effort task that they have all performed in the past. We find that women are selected much less often as leaders than is suggested by their individual past performance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156096
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The Emergence of Male Leadership in Competitive Environments
Reuben, Ernesto - 2011
We present evidence from an experiment in which groups select a leader to compete against the leaders of other groups in a real-effort task that they have all performed in the past. We find that women are selected much less often as leaders than is suggested by their individual past performance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132524
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Better sexy than flexy? : a lab experiment assessing the impact of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions
Baert, Stijn; Decuypere, Lynn - 2013
attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229535
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Hiring a homosexual, taking a risk? : a lab experiment on employment discrimination and risk aversion
Baert, Stijn - 2015
hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based and statistical discrimination. To test … this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which experimental employers make a hiring decision concerning a … probability of a beneficial hiring decision for homosexual candidates decreases by 31.7% when employers are a standard deviation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388337
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Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
Baert, Stijn - 2015
hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based and statistical discrimination. To test … this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which experimental employers make a hiring decision concerning a … probability of a beneficial hiring decision for homosexual candidates decreases by 31.7% when employers are a standard deviation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011165
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Homosexuality's signalling function in job candidate screening: why gay is (mostly) OK
Sterkens, Philippe; Dalle, Axana; Wuyts, Joey; Pauwels, Ines - 2022
To explain the mixed findings on hiring discrimination against homosexual applicants, we explore the perceptual drivers … negative attitudes towards homosexual individuals are responsible for most instances of hiring discrimination. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198641