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find no evidence of gender discrimination in either treatment, however, possibly indicating that gender stereotypes are of …If individual abilities are imperfectly observable, statistical discrimination may affect hiring decisions. In our lab …
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This paper assesses the results of an experiment designed to identify discrimination in users' following behavior on …. The accounts differed in three characteristics: gender (male or female), race (Black or White), and university affiliation …
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resumes. We find evidence consistent with inaccurate statistical discrimination: while there are no significant gender … discrimination in job applicant assessments and test treatments to help improve hiring of the best applicants. In our experiment, we … evidence that statistical discrimination can be mitigated. In two treatments, in which we provide assessors with additional …
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Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … striving towards gender equality, this opens up new possibilities for institutionalizing competitive pressure. …
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gender differences in either labor demand (i.e. discrimination) or labor supply. In this study, we investigate the importance … discrimination against women on average, but the gender effect is heterogeneous across occupations and firms. Women have a higher …In most countries, there are systematic age and gender differences in labor market outcomes. Older workers and women …
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findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …
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This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work … students' preferences for professionals and find that gender differences in information provision would remain if students …
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This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work … students' preferences for professionals and find that gender differences in information provision would remain if students …
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