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employees. They might be more aware of the societal debate about gender discrimination and "aim higher" in setting their …This paper examines gender differences in perceptions of the fairness of one's own pay. Theoretically, we draw on two … paradox"), and on perceived discrimination among ethnic minorities ("integration paradox"). Empirically, we depart from …
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/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work …This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … large-scale field experiment in which real college students seek information from 10,000 working professionals about various …
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/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work …This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … large-scale field experiment in which real college students seek information from 10,000 working professionals about various …
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/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work …This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … large-scale field experiment in which real college students seek information from 10,000 working professionals about various …
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We conducted a controlled experiment to study how different gender frames used in the instructions affect economic … behavior. In our experiment, we systematically varied the framing of the instructions, either using the male, the female, or a … gender-inclusive form. Participants played three standard economic two-player games measuring prosocial behavior. In …
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contraceptives to determine the importance of sex hormones in explaining gender differences in competitiveness. Participants in a … laboratory experiment solve a simple arithmetics task first under a piece rate and then under a competitive tournament scheme … of progesterone on competitiveness and our results therefore provide a partial biological explanation for gender …
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When interacting with others, individuals are often known to adjust their behavior based on the gender characteristics … of the other person. Information about another person’s gender tends to influence both behavior towards that individual … increasingly interested in gender equality, what are the potential effects of introducing a gender-blind option? In this study, we …
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Discrimination against women is seen as one of the possible causes behind their underrepresentation in certain STEM … to recruit almost all French secondary and postsecondary teachers and professors. Comparisons of oral non gender …-blind tests with written gender-blind tests for about 100,000 individuals observed in 11 different fields over the period 2006 …
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We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in … households. In equilibria where men are over-represented in full-time work, we show that firms rationally choose to hire women … industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our …
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