The statement that individuals care for status and for their position within a hierarchy has been subject to sparse economic analysis. I check this assertion by analyzing wages and status within the firm, with status measured as the worker rank in the firm wage hierarchy. More precisely, I focus...

We investigate gender performance differences in reaction to task-rewards (weights) variation based on the applicant's major choice in the admission exam from a selective Brazilian university. Our data allows us to control for applicants' major-choice self-selection issues flexibly and to follow...