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motivated only by pure altruism will work at a relatively high wage for the for-profit firm and then make charitable … sensitive to warm glow (“impure altruism”) depends on her income level. While the presence of “warm glow” feelings would seem to … clearly benefit charitable organizations, we show that impure altruism can create distortions in labor market choices. In some …
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We show that choices in competitive behavior may entail a gender wage gap. In our experi ments, employees first choose … pie size the employee has generated, the remuneration scheme chosen, and the employee's gender. Employers then decide how … the pie will be split, as in a dictator game. Whereas employers do not discriminate by gender when tournaments are chosen …
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women may also narrow the gender earnings gap. … England, Scotland and Wales. Instrumental variables estimates reveal large returns for both men and women. However, the … returns are differentially greater for men and account for a substantial proportion of the gender earnings gap. A comparison …
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reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal …It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …
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This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM at college. Using … Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that having a … larger proportion of female peers reduces women's probability of enrolling in and graduating from STEM programs. Men's STEM …
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This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM college studies …. Using Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that … having a larger proportion of female peers reduces women's probability of enrolling in and graduating from STEM programs. Men …
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This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM at college. Using … Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that having a … larger proportion of female peers reduces women's probability of enrolling in and graduating from STEM programs. Men's STEM …
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