treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about …We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … there is no gender gap in productivity. To test ii), we inform the candidates about the hiring rule ex-ante, allowing us to …

discrimination in job applicant assessments and test treatments to help improve hiring of the best applicants. In our experiment, we … resumes. We find evidence consistent with inaccurate statistical discrimination: while there are no significant gender …Women are significantly underrepresented in the technology sector. We design a field experiment to identify statistical …

Why does discrimination persist when there is evidence that discriminatory bias can be overcome? I answer this question … than the unfavored candidate unless the unfavored candidate cares sufficiently more about the future. Discrimination …

when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding motivated, overly optimistic beliefs about the workload they need … longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals have to complete a cumbersome task of unknown length. They are exposed to … for motivated reasoning allows workers to hold substantially more optimistic beliefs and identify a causal link between …

anticipatory utility from holding optimistic beliefs about their future effort costs. This study provides a rigorous empirical test … for this notion of ‘motivated procrastination’. In a longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals must complete a … beliefs among workers, which causally increase the deferral of work to the future. The roots for biased beliefs stem from …

randomized survey experiment conducted in Argentina. Results show that providing information to citizens matters for shaping …

treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about …We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … there is no gender gap in productivity. To test ii), we inform the candidates about the hiring rule ex-ante, allowing us to …

treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about …We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … there is no gender gap in productivity. To test ii), we inform the candidates about the hiring rule ex-ante, allowing us to …

We study gender inequality in conference acceptance using data from the Irish Economic Association annual conference … gender gap is observed in the organisers' acceptance decisions, there is an indication of in-group gender bias at the …

This paper investigates beliefs concerning the gender gap in salary negotiations (GGSN) in a sample of 4,300 women, 1 … its magnitude. Providing respondents with accurate information changes their beliefs about it. However, this does not lead …