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survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent … subject playing an important role, while gender and educational differences seem less important …
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unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West …
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The study examines whether age intersects with gender and race during the initial stage of the hiring process and …
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labor market, such as gender stereotypes and gender identity. This paper examines gender stereotypes and self … survey data used contain detailed information about the managers as well as their employers. We find significant gender … differences between managers with regard to gender stereotyping attitudes. Male managers on average tend to have stronger gender …
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Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender … where an individual competes against a target based on the previous performance of one anonymised person of unknown gender …
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We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …
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growth, but only in stores where the store's manager and a large fraction of the employees have the same gender. Remarkably …
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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 …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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This paper studies gender differences in the extent to which social preferences affect workers' shirking decisions … more strongly to decreased monitoring, but no significant gender difference in the extent to which workers are influenced …
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Being overweight or obese is associated with lower employment and earnings, possibly arising from employer discrimination. A few studies have used field experiments to show that obese job applicants are, in fact, discriminated against in the hiring process. However, whether overweight job...
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