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We assess the role of information gaps in understanding gender differences in negotiation behavior by conducting a …. Prior to starting their job search, treated students were provided with objective information about the gender gap in … information. Further, we find some evidence that gender-specific treatment spillovers likely contribute to the smaller average …
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effect is that initially routine-intensive local labor markets experienced greater occupational gender integration. College …
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of gender conservativeness of the people around them. Exposure to information on peer beliefs leads to a shift in …
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supply of high-skilled native women, has helped narrow the gender earnings gap in high-paying powered occupations, and that …
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This article describes a randomized field experiment in which parents were provided financial incentives to engage in behaviors designed to increase early childhood cognitive and executive function skills through a parent academy. Parents were rewarded for attendance at early childhood sessions,...
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There is a large and diverse body of evidence that people condition their behavior on the characteristics of others. If type is visible then one agent seeing another with whom they are interacting, or observing some other close proxy for type, can affect outcomes. We explore the economics of...
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document a roughly 7% gender earnings gap amongst drivers. We completely explain this gap and show that it can be entirely … attributed to three factors: experience on the platform (learning-by-doing), preferences over where to work (driven largely by … are differentially affected by a taste for specific hours, a return to within-week work intensity, or customer …
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observe gender imbalances in labor markets: men are more competitively inclined than women. Whether, and to what extent, such … regime in that women disproportionately shy away from competitive work settings. Yet, there are important factors that … attenuate the gender differences, including whether the job is performed in teams, whether the job task is female-oriented, and …
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To understand gender differences in the job search process, we collect rich information on job offers and acceptances … facts: (1) there is a clear gender difference in the timing of job offer acceptance, with women accepting jobs substantially … earlier than men, and (2) the gender earnings gap in accepted offers narrows in favor of women over the course of the job …
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Do men and women have different social preferences? Previous findings are contradictory. We provide a potential explanation using evidence from a field experiment. In a door-to-door solicitation, men and women are equally generous, but women become less generous when it becomes easy to avoid the...
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