We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about … AA effects on productivity, or iii) other non-material motives. To test i), we provide information to employers that …

administrative data to understand what drives gender bias in such evaluations in the technology industry. Our results highlight the … performance measures does not reduce the gender gap. Our second experiment removed video interaction, and compared blind to non …-blind evaluations. No gender gap is present in either case. These results rule out traditional economic models of discrimination …

Although there is ample evidence of differences in how and where men and women acquire information, most research on … learning and household decisionmaking only considers access to information for a single, typically male, household head. This … assumption may be problematic in developing-country agriculture, where women play a fundamental role in farming. Using gender …

, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why … farmers are not accessing information and where information gaps exist, despite the variety of extension approaches in India …. Using information provision and access as the basis for analysis, the paper reviews some of the major agricultural extension …

. This paper examines the effect of information on the gender gap in tournament entry. We present experimental evidence that …An important line of recent literature has found gender differences in attitudes toward competition, with men being … gender gap in tournament entry. …

's status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in … radio is an effective vehicle to transmit information in the more marginalized areas. Suggestive evidence shows that the … towards changing socially constructed gender norms. …