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regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … margin in India where a substantial number of incumbents do not contest re-election. There is no significant entry of new …
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This paper uses a field experiment to study the effect of perceived gender norms on the motherhood penalty in the … exogenous variation in gender norms by prominently signaling patrilineal or matrilineal community origins of applicants …
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regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … margin in India where a substantial number of incumbents do not contest re-election. There is no significant entry of new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265668
participation, occupational attainment, and the gender wage gap. The author first highlights considerable progress on all dimensions … resumption of progress in narrowing gender gaps in these areas, concluding it is unlikely without policy intervention. She then … increasing female labor force participation and narrowing gender inequities in the labor market. …
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It is common for mentorship programs to use race, gender, and nationality to match mentors and mentees. Despite the … on mentor quality is provided. The evidence suggests that female students use mentor gender to alleviate information …
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-driven categorization of required skill words and construct gender associations of different skill categories using word embeddings. Next … observed gender wage gaps. We also find that large firms require a more extensive range of skills, implying that …
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encouraged childbearing, suggesting that CPFL had little effect on the gender pay gap or child penalty. For first-time mothers …
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administrative data to understand what drives gender bias in such evaluations in the technology industry. Our results highlight the … performance measures does not reduce the gender gap. Our second experiment removed video interaction, and compared blind to non …-blind evaluations. No gender gap is present in either case. These results rule out traditional economic models of discrimination …
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sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …
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This paper aims to measure differences in risk behavior among expert chess players. The study employs a panel data set on international chess with 1.4 million games recorded over a period of 11 years. The structure of the data set allows us to use individual fixed-effect estimations to control...
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