We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about … AA effects on productivity, or iii) other non-material motives. To test i), we provide information to employers that …

administrative data to understand what drives gender bias in such evaluations in the technology industry. Our results highlight the … performance measures does not reduce the gender gap. Our second experiment removed video interaction, and compared blind to non …-blind evaluations. No gender gap is present in either case. These results rule out traditional economic models of discrimination …

. This paper examines the effect of information on the gender gap in tournament entry. We present experimental evidence that …An important line of recent literature has found gender differences in attitudes toward competition, with men being … gender gap in tournament entry. …

gender, age, marital status or even physique) to describe their ideal candidates, to which we will refer as explicit …