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differences between men and women, can provide a plausible explanation. We conduct an experiment on a Dutch online survey panel to …
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In almost all European Union countries, the gender wage gap is increasing across the wages distribution. In this … returns and focus especially on those incorporating pyschological factors as an explanation of the gender gap. Research areas … differences between men and women that might lead to gender wage gaps …
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This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … large-scale field experiment in which real college students seek information from 10,000 working professionals about various …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work …
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This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … large-scale field experiment in which real college students seek information from 10,000 working professionals about various …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012428940
This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … large-scale field experiment in which real college students seek information from 10,000 working professionals about various …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430674
This paper analyzes gender differences in access to competitive positions. We implement an experiment where workers can … apply for a job promotion by sending a signal to their employer. We control for gender differences in anticipation of … discrimination in a treatment where a computer randomly recruits. Discriminatory behavior by the employer is isolated in a treatment …
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It is a well-established view amongst economists that goodlooking people have a better chance of employment and can earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A "beauty premium" is particularly apparent in jobs where there is a productivity gain associated with good looks, though...
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This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …
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We conducted a field experiment involving 720 Italian undergraduate students to investigate the existence of gender … design was aimed at disentangling gender differences in taste for competition from other differences in psychological … but different gender composition. We find that females are as likely as males to take part in the competition and to …
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We experimentally test for spillover effects of gender quotas on subsequent unrelated, unethical behavior. We find that …
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