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Gender, willingness to compete and career choices along the whole ability distribution
Buser, Thomas; Peter, Noemi; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2017
compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …. The gender gap in willingness to compete is essentially zero among the lowest-ability students, but increases steadily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715948
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Gender, willingness to compete and career choices along the whole ability distribution
Buser, Thomas; Peter, Noemi; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2017
compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …. The gender gap in willingness to compete is essentially zero among the lowest-ability students, but increases steadily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731879
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Gender, Willingness to Compete and Career Choices Along the Whole Ability Distribution
Buser, Thomas - 2017
compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …. The gender gap in willingness to compete is essentially zero among the lowest-ability students, but increases steadily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948625
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Education and training benefiting a career as entrepreneur : gender gaps and gendered competencies and benefits
Cheraghi, Maryam; Schøtt, Thomas - In: International journal of gender and entrepreneurship 7 (2015) 3, pp. 321-343
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471687
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Women's skills and career advancement : a review of gender (in)equality in an accounting workplace
Din, Nizam Ud; Cheng, Xinsheng; Nazneen, Shama - In: Economic research 31 (2018) 1,2, pp. 1512-1525
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391767
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Examining the impact of gender discriminatory practices on women's development and progression at work
Ketchiwou, Gaelle Fitong; Dzansi, Lineo Winifred - In: Businesses 3 (2023) 2, pp. 347-367
Although there has been a worldwide cry for gender equity within organizations, gender discriminatory practices … continue to be a challenge. Many women still suffer from gender discrimination and remain at the bottom of organizational … structures despite their efforts to ascend. This paper seeks to examine the link between gender discriminatory practices and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514115
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The Gender Pay Gap Beyond Human Capital : Heterogeneity in Noncognitive Skills and in Labor Market Tastes
Grove, Wayne A. - 2014
Focused on human capital, economists typically explain about half of the gender earnings gap. For a national sample of … preferences regarding family, career, and jobs. Those two sources of gender heterogeneity account for a quarter of the "explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064280
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The Value of Qualification Signals for Women's Careers
Niessen-Ruenzi, Alexandra; Zimmerer, Leah - 2021
We show that signals of higher education, professional experience, and access to professional networks are more valuable for women's career advancement than for men's. On average, additional qualification signals increase male directors' probability to become CEO by 10.1%, while this probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013310480
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Gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills: roles of SES and gender attitudes
Hervé, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere R.; Nandi, … - 2021
Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433603
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Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills : Roles of Ses and Gender Attitudes
Herve, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere; Nandi, Arindam - 2021
Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244271