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Many models of investor behavior predict that investors prefer assets that they believe to have positively skewed return distributions. We provide a direct test of this prediction in a representative sample of the Dutch population. Using individual-level data on return expectations for a broad...
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heterogeneity in levels of disability discrimination against men and women on average across occupations or by occupational gender … discrimination in distinct ways within particular contexts, which we relate to intersectional stereotyping and norms of gender …This article examines disability discrimination in the hiring process and explores variation in how the intersection of …
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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 …
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Audit studies testing for discrimination have been criticized because applicants from different groups may not appear … unobservable determinants of productivity can still generate spurious evidence of discrimination in either direction. This paper … shows how to recover an unbiased estimate of discrimination when the correspondence study includes variation in applicant …
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investigate how numerous variables relate to preferences for egalitarian gender norms in rural Bangladesh …
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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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Using detailed data from a unique survey of high school graduates in Germany, we document a gender gap in expected full …
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-Blinder decomposition technique, this paper contributes to knowledge on gender-gaps in financial literacy (FL) via a study of teenagers … those aged 15-19, 20-24 and 25-29, respectively. Very little of the gap may be explained by gender differences in human … conclusion is that the gap starts young and likely derives from gender stereotype beliefs …
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discussion of gender as well. I focus on discrimination in pay, hiring, and retention against black NBA players and coaches and … pay disparities by gender among college coaches. There was much evidence for each of these forms of discrimination against …This Chapter reviews evidence on discrimination in basketball, primarily examining studies on race but with some …
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for the period 2013-2015 in the UK, suggests that age discrimination persists at alarming levels. It shows that when two … constraints for blue-collar jobs than white-collar/pink-collar jobs, and that women face greater age discrimination than men … written commitments to equal opportunities.The design of the study suggests that discrimination results from distaste for …
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