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Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at work. This account is difficult to assess with standard...
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We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious … in-person interview. The data show a very large gender gap in success rates: women's success rate is 36% lower than men …% lower than for comparable male candidates. We show that this gap is explained by reviewers engaging in gender balancing …
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We address a gap in prior literature on female managerial representation and corporate performance. Prior evidence linking increases in female managerial representation to corporate performance has been surprisingly mixed, due in part to data limitations and methodological difficulties. Using...
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Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …
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