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owners about the value of the technology. To investigate this hypothesis, we implemented a second experiment among the firms …
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partially driven by correlation neglect, and we discuss implications for the design and deployment of student-to-school matching …
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first period. However, the male advantage is not found in any subsequent period of competition, or even after a two …-week break from competition. Some evidence suggests that males may actually perform worse than females in later periods. The … analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …
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The high and rising household savings rate in China is not easily reconciled with the traditional explanations that emphasize life cycle factors, the precautionary saving motive, financial development, or habit formation. This paper proposes a new competitive saving motive: As the sex ratio...
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Many technology companies struggle to fill all their positions and to achieve gender parity in their ranks. One … explanation for gender disparities is the possibility that men and women differ in their willingness to work under competitive … experiment in which 97,696 U.S. university-educated individuals were given the opportunity to join a tech-related product …
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” individuals earn 9% more than their less competitive counterparts do. Moreover, gender differences in taste for competition …Using an incentivized measure of test for competition, this paper investigates whether this taste explains subsequent … gender differences in earnings and industry choice in a sample of high-ability MBA graduates. We find that “competitive …
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We use a laboratory experiment with randomized resumes and eyetracking to explore the effects of race on employment …. Evidence from the CPS and an additional study supports the external validity of our experiment, particularly for female job …
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A broad body of interdisciplinary research establishes that transgender and non-binary individuals face discrimination across many contexts, including healthcare. Simultaneously, transgender individuals face various mental health disparities, including higher rates of depression and anxiety,...
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Audit studies testing for discrimination have been criticized because applicants from different groups may not appear identical to employers. Correspondence studies address this criticism by using fictitious paper applicants whose qualifications can be made identical across groups. However,...
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-making, the experiment markets stoves to husbands or wives in turn at randomly varying prices. We find that women - who bear … gender differences in preferences to promote technology adoption absent broader social change …
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