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gender differences in preferences for non-farm diversification, if any, can be ascribed to differential access to physical … and human capital, and to what extent a gender gap is explained by differences in socio-economic characteristics, skills …, respectively, many respondents invest in both farm and non-farm activities and we find only a small gender gap in revealed …
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This paper provides the first evidence of the existence of gender-based favoritism in life saving decisions to donate … signal of a blood recipient’s gender by adding his/her name, and photograph, to a letter soliciting blood donation. Motivated … donor and recipient – gender and age. 74% more blood donors donate if the potential blood recipient is of the same gender …
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We study gender and race in high-impact entrepreneurship using a tightly controlled randomized field experiment. We … email was sent by a fictitious entrepreneur with randomly assigned gender and race. Female entrepreneurs received 9% more …
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literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance … better able to manage food insecurity and shocks. This suggests that gender differences in demand for financial products can …
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Do public officials respond unequally to requests for career advice? Through a correspondence experiment with 8,189 officials, we examine whether (hypothetical) male and female students who express interest in political careers receive differential responses from public officials. We report...
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higher average yields and were better able to manage food insecurity and shocks. This finding suggests that gender …
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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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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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Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender … where an individual competes against a target based on the previous performance of one anonymised person of unknown gender …
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Men and women negotiate differently, which might create gender inequality in access to resources as well as efficiency … losses due to disagreement. We study the role of gender and gender pairing in bilateral bargaining, using a lab …-in-the-filed experiment in which pairs of participants bargain over the division of a fixed amount of resources. We vary the gender …
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