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Sexual harassment, a widespread problem in the workplace, arguably keeps female employees from optimally employing their human capital. We show that removing or diminishing this friction improves productivity. Specifically, using the male-dominated fund industry as our testing ground, we show...
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The financial planning industry has been identified as having one of the largest gender pay gaps. This study examines … performance pay and revenue production explained the largest portions of the pay gap. Implications regarding gender …
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. This gender gap in exit is most prominent among new hires. Gender gaps in experience or skill do not drive this result. Our …
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gender wage gaps among Regular Wage/Salaried (RWS) workers in India, both at the mean, as well as along the entire wage … distribution to see "what happens where". The gender log wage gap at the mean is 55 percent in 1999-2000 and 49 percent in 2009 … that, in both years, the bulk of the gender wage gap is unexplained, i.e. possibly discriminatory. They also reveal that …
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Using data from the U.S. National Incident Based Reporting System we document a gender gap in the number of crimes …
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Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to higher promotion standards for women. If...
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We study gender differences in the labor market reallocation of Peruvian workers in response to trade liberalization … which gender occupational and industrial segregation leads to a widening of the gender gap in employment. …
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We investigate the drivers of gender differentials in hiring chances. More concretely, we test (i) whether recruiters … perceive job applicants in gender stereotypical terms when making hiring decisions and (ii) whether the activation of these … gender stereotypes in recruiters' minds varies by the salience of gender in a particular hiring context and the gender …
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We investigate the drivers of gender differentials in hiring chances. More concretely, we test (i) whether recruiters … perceive job applicants in gender stereotypical terms when making hiring decisions and (ii) whether the activation of these … gender stereotypes in recruiters’ minds varies by the salience of gender in a particular hiring context and the gender …
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This paper theoretically analyzes the macroeconomic effects of gender discrimination against women in the labor market … leads to a discrimination-induced gender wage gap, lower wages for women and men, lower ag-gregate output, and lower welfare …
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