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discrimination in job applicant assessments and test treatments to help improve hiring of the best applicants. In our experiment, we …Women are significantly underrepresented in the technology sector. We design a field experiment to identify statistical … resumes. We find evidence consistent with inaccurate statistical discrimination: while there are no significant gender …
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We show that choices in competitive behavior may entail a gender wage gap. In our experi ments, employees first choose a remuneration scheme (competitive tournament vs. piece rate) and then conduct a real-effort task. Employers know the pie size the employee has generated, the remuneration...
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an independent signal of the candidate's productivity. We introduce the potential for taste-based discrimination and …
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We construct a dedicated web interface and use it to conduct a laboratory experiment to study willingness to lend and …
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If individual abilities are imperfectly observable, statistical discrimination may affect hiring decisions. In our lab … experiment, pairs of subjects solve simple mathematical problems. Subjects then hire others to perform similar tasks. Before … find no evidence of gender discrimination in either treatment, however, possibly indicating that gender stereotypes are of …
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This paper assesses the results of an experiment designed to identify discrimination in users' following behavior on …
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