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We explore the role of self- and peer evaluations in education, with a particular emphasis on gender differences. We … findings indicate that the possibility of self-assessment influences rating behavior, potentially exacerbating gender … disparities and affecting gender equity. …
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This paper studies gender differences in the extent to which social preferences affect workers' shirking decisions …. Using exogenous variation in work absence induced by a randomized field experiment that increased treated workers' absence … more strongly to decreased monitoring, but no significant gender difference in the extent to which workers are influenced …
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This paper studies gender differences in the extent to which social preferences affect workers' shirking decisions …. Using exogenous variation in work absence induced by a randomized field experiment that increased treated workers' absence … more strongly to decreased monitoring, but no significant gender difference in the extent to which workers are influenced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348864
-year field experiment with a top-10 undergraduate accounting program that randomized the gender composition of semester … resulting group gender compositions influence individuals' experiences and broader workplace dynamics. In this paper, we … investigate whether token women are disadvantaged compared to women on majority-women mixed-gender teams. We conducted a multi …
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-in-the-filed experiment in which pairs of participants bargain over the division of a fixed amount of resources. We vary the gender …Men and women negotiate differently, which might create gender inequality in access to resources as well as efficiency … losses due to disagreement. We study the role of gender and gender pairing in bilateral bargaining, using a lab …
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We conduct a large-scale natural field experiment with a Fortune 500 company to test several approaches to attract … by 40 percent and others being particularly effective for minority women. The heterogeneities we find by gender, race …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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We use a controlled experiment widely adopted in the literature to assess the extent of gender differences in attitudes … towards competition in a sample of UK professionals working in two different companies. We find no gender differences in … it is important to avoid generalisations on the presence of gender gaps in attitudes towards competition. This being the …
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We study gender differences in bilateral bargaining using an artefactual field experiment in rural Uganda, through … variation in gender composition of bargaining pairs and in disclosure of identities. Disagreement is common independently of … mechanisms that induce gender inequality in resource access. …
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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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