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that women are less willing to enter a tournament than men, although there are no gender differences in performance …. However, the gender gap in tournament entry disappears if subjects are exposed to a competitive female role model. Results are … mitigate gender stereotype threats and lead to higher self-confidence among women. By contrast, we find that competitive male …
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pay discrimination. Unbiased decompositions can be obtained when the Oaxaca-Blinder wage equation is augmented by the … considerably larger shares of the gender wage gap than does the standard decomposition. …
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considerable Gender Pay Gap exists even within the same occupational position. In this paper, we aim at understanding the reasons … earnings growth for men and women. Using administrative data, we are the first to investigate potential gender gaps in earnings … increase due to a promotion in Germany. Moreover, we are the first to analyze differences in the gender gap across promotions …
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The paper empirically explores the international linkages between gender inequality and trade flows of a sample of 92 … indicate that gender wage inequality is positively associated with comparative advantage in labourintensive goods, that is …, countries with a larger gender wage gap have higher exports of these goods. Also, gender inequality in labour force activity …
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Recent empirical studies have revealed prejudice based on country of origin in the Swiss naturalization system before courts banned closed ballot voting in 2003. Although the switch to elected councils has ameliorated the situation for the discriminated applicant groups, little has been known...
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wage inequality by skill level in manufacturing. But an increase in exports also diminishes wage discrimination due to … gender or nationality. In this way, trade contributes to narrowing wage gaps and mitigates wage inequality in German …
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I study consumer switching costs’ effect on firms’ price setting behavior in a 2x2 factorial design experiment with and …
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indicator for the lowest total price, and few consumers invest in drip-price search. A comparison with Bertrand competition … offer. Bertrand competition also leads to higher consumer surplus and lower firm profits in this case. Hence, our results …
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This article presents results of a laboratory experiment testing whether the effectiveness of a moderate leniency …
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experiment that investigates the impact of political institutions within groups on the development of conflict between groups. We …
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