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supporting their students, this gender stereotyping is likely due to unconscious biases. …Academia, and economics in particular, faces increased scrutiny because of gender imbalance. This paper studies the job … widespread differences in the attributes emphasized. Women are systematically more likely to be described using "grindstone …
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This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is … students to the importance of gender differences in economic outcomes. We provide a prototype of such a course, and we show how … gender-aware content and pedagogical tools can complement a course based on a standard textbook or set of articles. We also …
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research is an examination of the important role that women play in both sending and destination areas. This chapter addresses … various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which non-migrant women are affected by …
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) reduction of uncertainty by information search, leading to less stereotyping of people, and hence less discrimination; (ii …
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. We find that women offer to volunteer more than men, and that while neither the emotional affect or the gender of the … once gender primed, and the effect is stronger for the more sexist men, whilst women are reducing their delegation more …. Our results provide evidence of both stereotyping by men and self-stereotyping by women: men are happy to pick any woman …
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) reduction of uncertainty by information search, leading to less stereotyping of people, and hence less discrimination; (ii …
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Using detailed administrative data from Spain, we investigate the impact of having an initial work experience in an employee-owned firm (EOF) versus a conventional business on subsequent earnings. We find that young workers' exposure to EOFs at the time of labour market entry reduces earnings by...
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The number of countries that have devoted time and attention to establishing gender equality regulations in academia is … increasing. However, various studies indicate that women remain underrepresented among tenured faculty and in senior positions … stable adjusted gender pay gap already exists among early-career academics who do not have children, and that the gap widens …
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In this paper, I analyse the relationship between job-related training and career progress of workers. Most theories of career paths and task assignment rely on human capital accumulation. Therefore, it seems natural to start assessing the empirical validity of such theories by analysing the...
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The relationship between the worker?s career path and wage growth is studied using a longitudinal sample of large firms. The econometric analysis shows that promoted workers receive a positive wage premium even if they stay in the same job level. Demotions are associated with negative wage...
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