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From metaphors to mechanisms: gender sorting in(to) an organizational hierarchy
Fernandez, Roberto M.; Abraham, Mabel Botelho - 2010
Numerous studies have examined patterns of gender inequality in organizational advancement, with some showing results indicative of “glass ceilings,” where gender disparities are strong at the upper reaches of the organization, while others suggest “sticky floors,” where the gender...
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Gender sorting and the glass ceiling in high tech
Fernandez, Roberto M.; Campero, Santiago - 2012
Past studies of gender and hierarchy document that the proportion of women declines as one looks up levels of the organizational hierarchy. With few exceptions, studies have conceived of the glass ceiling as reflecting disparities in internal promotion. Recent research has questioned this...
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50 years of breakthroughs and barriers : women in economics, policy, and leadership
Blau, Francine D.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2024
-based discrimination in federally funded educational programs. The data paint a picture of considerable progress but also persistent …
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Gender discrimination in competitive markets
Marjit, Sugata; Oladi, Reza - 2022
We propose a competitive general equilibrium theory of gender discrimination in labor market where male and female … discrimination. Pioneering works of Becker (1957) and Arrow (1973), in terms of partial equilibrium models, have argued that the … forces of competition would restrict subjective discrimination which leads to increasing cost for a firm and reduce the …
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Do workers discriminate against female bosses?
Abel, Martin - 2019
discrimination or implicit gender bias. …
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Unpacking name-based race discrimination
Abel, Martin; Burger, Rulof - 2023
We investigate the extent and underlying mechanisms of how race beliefs associated with applicants' names affect hiring decisions. Using nationally representative data, we find widespread beliefs that people with names perceived to be Black possess lower levels of education, productivity and...
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Gender unemployment gaps in the EU: Blame the family
Bičáková, Alena - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 22, pp. 1-26
with the Eurobarometer measure of perceived overall gender discrimination. Our findings suggest that family leave policies …
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Do men and women-economists choose the same research fields? : Evidence from top-50 departments
Dolado, Juan J. (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper describes the gender distribution of research fields chosen by the faculty members in the top fifty Economics departments, according to the rankings available on the Econphd.net website. We document that women are unevenly distributed across fields and test some behavioral...
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Gender gap in the CIS region
Rokicka, Magdalena (contributor) - 2008
The aim of this paper is to examine the issues of gender disparities in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, with a special focus given to countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)1. The analysis is conducted in several dimensions: labour participation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790537
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Approval of equal rights and gender : differences in well-being
Lalive, Rafael (contributor); Stutzer, Alois (contributor) - 2007
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper explores whether norms regarding the appropriate pay for women compared to men may explain these findings. In order to capture the spatial variation in such norms, we take community level information on citizens' approval...
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