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regrade. We demonstrate how ostensibly gender-neutral policies can generate gaps across men and women because they differ in … their grade points. These findings reveal how gender differences identified in the lab manifest when men and women make real …
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gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and … insurance contributions on an individual basis according to each countrys rules. Then, we compare gender income ratios based on … the distribution, tax-benefit systems significantly reduce gender income disparities in most countries due to the effect …
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Building on recent analyses that find a sizeable, overall gender wage gap in Azerbaijan's workforce, this paper uses … data on young workers in their early years in the labor market to understand how gender wage gaps evolve over time, if at … entrants begin with little or no gender differences in earnings, but a wage gap gradually emerges over time closer to the …
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the existence of a gender gap in self-promotion and its causal link with modesty norms. Using a novel experiment, we show … across gender is determined by women's social-image concerns of being perceived as immodest and not because of an underlying … leads to an increase in self-promotion by women and, (ii) contributes to a reduction in the gender gap in self …
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Building on recent analyses that find a sizeable, overall gender wage gap in Azerbaijan's workforce, this paper uses … data on young workers in their early years in the labor market to understand how gender wage gaps evolve over time, if at … entrants begin with little or no gender differences in earnings, but a wage gap gradually emerges over time closer to the …
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The beauty premium in the labor market has been presented in many previous studies. Some researchers have used standardized ratings of attractiveness to avoid peer effects. In this study, we examine if there are indeed peer effects on the influence of external appearance on employability, and...
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Gender gaps in financial literacy are pervasive and persistent. They are partly explained because women choose "I do … answers, or inform survey takers of the existing gender gap in choosing this answer option. While all interventions are very … effective in reducing this answer option, only the information significantly reduces the gender gap in "I do not know" and in …
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underrepresentation of women. Using individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …
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underrepresentation of women. Us- ing individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …
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