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Racial, ethnic, and gender minorities face mental health disparities. While mental health care can help, minoritized … provide the first experimental evidence, from a correspondence audit field experiment ("simulated patients" study), of the …
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The objective of this study is to analyze the patterns of Brazilian household consumption based on the gender and race … men invest more resources in transportation expenses than women. As for consumption patterns by race, the results suggest … that in food expenses, black households spend more than white, regardless of the gender of the household head. In health …
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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 …
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opportunities for marginalized groups. Using an artifactual field experiment with real estate agents (REAs) in Ecuador, we examine … whether discrimination varies by the gender of REAs and explore the underlying mechanisms driving this behavior. Our analysis … influencing REAs decisions. Our work contributes to the literature by providing new evidence on the dynamics of gender and sexual …
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xperiment designed to increase property tax compliance to investigate this gender disparity. Our findings reaffirm that women ar …
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What is the effect of gender priming on solidarity behaviour? We explore a two-player solidarity game where players can … treatment that involves reminding subjects of their gender. We found that, without priming, there were no statistically … different gender differences in the solidarity game. With priming, however, there was an increased willingness in women to …
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This paper presents the findings of an artifactual field experiment conducted in urban Ecuador to investigate … discrimination in terms of hiring recommendations, job fit assessments, or wage offers. However, a closer analysis reveals a gender … discrimination towards LGBTQ+ workers in the labor market and its interaction with gender. …
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/methodology/approach We conduct a social experiment at a University in Southeastern Brazil, applying the gender-STEM Implicit Association Test … (STEM). Given that observed gender differences in math-intensive fields have lasting effects on gender inequality in the … labor market, and that observed gender variations do not necessarily associate with differences in innate ability, in this …
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informal sector. Specifically, it conducts a survey experiment on a total of 240 informal businesses, operating in the Egyptian … informal sector. The primary data collected from the survey experiment is then analyzed using a binary logistic regression to … of the survey experiment indicate that the biggest obstacle facing informal businesses is finding a formal source of …
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firms, with particular focus on the effects on firm gender diversity and workforce composition. Research on the impact of … on women s income and jobs in different regions. We found that the gender composition of the personnel has an interesting … diversity. Hence, it seems that policy should focus particularly on protecting female jobs, particularly in the wake of dramatic …
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