findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …, have lower preferences than men for risk and competition, and may be more sensitive to social cues. These gender … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …, have lower preferences than men for risk and competition, and may be more sensitive to social cues. These gender … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …

This chapter provides a bird's eye view of the literature on gender discrimination. The presentation of studies is … grouped into five parts. Part 1 presents evidence of gender discrimination measured via various dimensions in various … countries and contexts. Part 2 discusses in detail the gender wage gapâ one of the most important measures of gender …

In this study, we investigate the extent and mechanisms of gender-based discrimination in urban Ecuador's hiring … practices, a critical issue for understanding persistent gender disparities and informing policy. Using an artifactual field … experiment with 392 recruiters evaluating observationally equivalent male and female job candidates, we uncover a significant …

This paper considers the relationship between international migration and gender discrimination through the lens of …

; productivity ; ability ; piece rates ; tournament ; revenue sharing ; risk preferences ; overconfidence ; gender ; experiment …This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. In a first … preferences, gender and personality. We also elicit self-reported measures of work effort, stress and exhaustion. Our main …

This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. In a first … preferences, gender and personality. We also elicit self-reported measures of work effort, stress and exhaustion. Our main … into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender …

Previous studies explain the gender earnings gap by gender differences in choosing competitive and higher-paying jobs … study, we use a novel identification strategy to investigate: 1) how the gender earnings gap arises from individuals' self … determined by their risk and competition preferences. Our results imply that mobilizing women to work on the more challenging and …