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after the 1970s tend to be skill-biased. Taking advantage of an exogenous surge in college-educated labor force in China …
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Using detailed employee-employer administrative data, we analyze the impact of the gender pay gap on the performance of … firms and find that it depends on the presence of labor unions. When the firm is not unionized, the gender pay gap reduces … profitability. In contrast, when unions are present, the gender gap has no effect on profitability in male-dominated firms and …
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We investigate whether peer effects at work differ by gender and whether gender differences in peer effects -if any …- depend on work organization. We develop a social network model with gender heterogeneity that we test in a real … networks where it disseminates bi-directionally. We identify strong gender differences as females disregard their peers …
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We investigate whether peer effects at work differ by gender and whether gender differences in peer effects - if any … - depend on work organization. We develop a social network model with gender heterogeneity that we test in a real … networks where it disseminates bi-directionally. We identify strong gender differences as females disregard their peers …
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We investigate whether peer effects at work differ by gender and whether gender differences in peer effects - if any … - depend on work organization. We develop a social network model with gender heterogeneity that we test in a real … networks where it disseminates bi-directionally. We identify strong gender differences as females disregard their peers …
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We study the impact of the gender composition of a scoreboard on the persistence and performance of players in an … female, or 3 female names associated with the scores (gender composition). Based on 1140 participants, we find that males are … scoreboard, females play fewer games when they see only female names, but more games when they see mixed gender names with high …
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In 2018, California became the first U.S. state to introduce a mandatory board gender quota for all firms headquartered … returns of -2.6% to the adoption of the gender quota for California firms and large spillover effects of -1.9% for non … non-California firms in states that followed California's legislative lead in the past by, e.g., introducing gender quota …
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We explore how lowering labor market frictions for female workers affects corporate performance. Using the staggered adoption of state-level Paid Family Leave acts, we provide causal evidence on the value created by relieving frictions to accessing female talent, for private and public firms....
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literature by studying gender differences in performance in a high-stakes and male dominated competitive environment, expert … chess tournaments. Our findings show that women under-perform compared to men of the same ability and that the gender … composition of games drives this effect. Using within player variation in the conditionally random gender of their opponent, we …
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related to the banks' performance. Our results show that female CEOs who overcome gender barriers are less traditional and …
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