We investigate the link between subject-related gender stereotypes and gender discrimination, and its consequences for … experiment, we show the opposite: discrimination works in favor of females in more male-connoted subjects (e.g. math, philosophy … between students recruited for research careers in science and humanities majors. We identify discrimination from systematic …

) as a natural experiment, we show the opposite: discrimination goes in favor of females in more male-connoted subjects (e … discrimination by systematic differences in students' scores between oral tests (non-blind toward gender) and anonymous written tests … mechanisms likely to drive this positive discrimination toward the minority gender are also discussed. …

Discrimination against women is seen as one of the possible causes behind their underrepresentation in certain STEM …

Discrimination against women is seen as one of the possible causes behind their underrepresentation in certain STEM …

experiment, we show the opposite: discrimination goes in favor of females in more male-connoted subjects (e.g. math, philosophy … between science and humanities majors. We identify discrimination by systematic differences in students' scores between oral … each subject and for her overall ability at oral exams. The mechanisms likely to drive this positive discrimination toward …

This paper assesses the results of an experiment designed to identify discrimination in users' following behavior on …