Search Results - subject_exact:"Sex discrimination"

Macroeconomic effects of reducing the gender pay gap in an emerging economy

Ávila-Montealegre, Oscar Iván; Grajales-Olarte, Anderson - 2026

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Gender gap in physical activity : the role of conflicts and political instability

Di Domizio, Marco - 2026

This article takes as its starting point the warnings issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the perverse effects of a sedentary lifestyle on people's health, resulting in additional health expenditure that diverts significant resources away from other areas of public spending. The...

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Socioeconomic status and gender gaps in educational outcomes across the life course : new distributional evidence

Nguyen, Ha; Chapman, Bruce James; Le, Huong; Royer, Heather - 2026

This study leverages whole-of-population linked census-administrative data to examine gender gaps in educational outcomes from early primary school through early adulthood in Australia and to assess the contribution of socioeconomic factors to these gaps. We find that females outperform males...

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Bridging disclosure and action : the role of intermediaries in gender pay gap regulation

Curtis, Sally; William, Jananie; Reibnitz, Anna von; … - 2026

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Public-private sector wage gaps in Australia : extent, trends and gender

Birch, Elisa Rose; Preston, Alison - 2026

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De-biasing or backlash? : confronting prejudice among police officers in India

Amaral, Sofia; Chaney, Kim; Kaiser, Victoria; Prakash, … - 2026

Police officers' discretionary handling of gender-based violence (GBV) complaints is a critical and largely neglected barrier to justice in developing countries. We collaborate with the Madhya Pradesh Police in India, the second largest state, to conduct a lab-in-the-field randomized experiment...

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De-biasing or backlash? : confronting prejudice among police officers in India

Amaral, Sofia; Chaney, Kim; Kaiser, Victoria; Prakash, … - 2026

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Gendered networking in international sport governance

Piggott, Lucy; Matthews, Jordan J. K.; Adriaanse, Johanna A. - 2026

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The gender of opportunity : how gendered job titles affect job seeker attraction

Gorny, Paul Matthias; Nieken, Petra; Trenkle, Martin - 2026

Recruitment signals shape applicant pools. Across three studies, we examine whether genderfair (vs. generic masculine) German job titles affect application behavior and job seekers' beliefs about organizational culture. In a large-scale pre-registered field experiment, gender-fair titles...

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Understanding witness reporting of intimate partner violence

Echavarri, Rebeca; Garcia Prado, Ariadna; … - 2026

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Gender differences in pension investment : the role of biased advice

Curi, Claudia; Dibiasi, Andreas; Ploner, Matteo; Tonin, … - 2026

We study whether gender-biased financial advice contributes to the gender gap in pension wealth. Using administrative records from four private pension funds in Italy, we document that women are ceteris paribus 8 percentage points less likely than men to choose stock-focused investment lines at...

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Gender differences in pension investment : the role of biased advice

Curi, Claudia; Dibiasi, Andreas; Ploner, Matteo; Tonin, … - 2026

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Gender differences in pension investment : the role of biased advice

Curi, Claudia; Dibiasi, Andreas; Ploner, Matteo; Tonin, … - 2026

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Negotiating multiple identities : the intersection of race and gender in the lived experiences of South African female engineers

Reuben, Shanya; Bobat, Shaida; Niekerk, Tarryn van - 2026

Engineering remains a highly gendered and racialised profession in South Africa, shaped by enduring historical inequalities and the imprint of institutionalised exclusion that structures women's experiences of belonging and professional legitimacy. While women's underrepresentation in STEM is...

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Household taxation, nonlinear occupations, and gender gaps

Denderski, Piotr; Obermeier, Tim - 2026

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Navigating motherhood : endogenous penalties and career choice

Coskun, Sena; Dalgic, Husnu; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2026

We document that women strategically sort into "family-friendly" sectors characterized by lower returns to experience but lower per-child penalties before the birth of their first child. This anticipatory sorting represents an ex-ante cost of motherhood that is entirely missed by conventional...

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Navigating motherhood : endogenous penalties and career choice

Coskun, Sena; Dalgic, Husnu; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2025

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AI transformation potential impacts both men and women in the labor market

Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina; Redelings, Julia - 2026

Technological progress in the field of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is set to radically transform the labor market. The transformation potential of AI varies greatly across occupations. Given that the German labor market is strongly segregated by gender, it is important to examine...

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Technology adoption and women's rights : evidence from Switzerland

Brey, Björn; Cefala, Edoardo; García-Peñalosa, Cecilia - 2026

Gender equality and economic growth have historically tended to move together yet identifying causal effects has been difficult. This paper uses data on the support for female suffrage in Switzerland in order to explore the impact of technology adoption on gender norms. We argue that the early...

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Technology adoption and women's rights : evidence from Switzerland

Brey, Björn; Cefala, Edoardo; García-Peñalosa, Cecilia - 2026

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Differences in public pension entitlements within couples : analyses based on SHARE-RV

Herold, Imke - 2026

Within the three-pillar German pension system, the German Pension Insurance remains the most important source of old-age income. From a gender comparative perspective, existing literature shows the inequality between men and women regarding income and wealth in general. Wealth includes pension...

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Peer gender composition and university climate

Griselda, Silvia; Profeta, Paola; Savio, Giulia - 2026

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Peer gender composition and university climate

Griselda, Silvia; Profeta, Paola; Savio, Giulia - 2026

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Peer gender composition and university climate

Griselda, Silvia; Profeta, Paola; Savio, Giulia - 2026

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Doing, redoing, or undoing gender of women tech founders in Germany

Kneip, Veronika; Slavici, Melanie - 2026

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Advancing gender rights at the Human Rights Council in times of backlash strategies from the 59th session

Khan, Ayesha; Michalko, Ján - 2026

In a context of high polarisation and long-term tensions over advancing gender equality, this report examines how negotiations at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2025 achieved some key successes, and managed to hold the line on gender rights in the face of backlash. Based in...

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Marriage and child penalties : evidence from South Korea

Kim, MinSub - 2026

This paper documents marriage and child penalties in Korea, where the female labor supply remains constrained by marriage and childbirth despite the urgent need to promote the female labor supply in the face of the world's most rapidly aging population. Using an event-study approach and...

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Monetary policy transmission to consumption : inequalities by gender and race

Puig, Aina - 2026

This paper estimates the causal effects of monetary policy shocks on household consumption, with additional analysis of labor market and income responses, disaggregated by gender and race. I find that contractionary monetary policy reduces consumption more for black than white households, with...

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Gender dynamics and banks' performance : does cybersecurity disclosure matter?$devidence from Jordan

Shehadeh, Maha; Arabiat, Omar; Alshurafat, Hashem; … - 2026

Purpose: Rapid bank digitisation has heightened cybersecurity risks and increased stakeholder expectations for transparent cyber risk governance and disclosure. However, research on whether women's board involvement enhances financial success varies and depends on the context, particularly...

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Beliefs about gender inequalities, narratives and support for gender quotas

Di Corato, Luca; Esposito, Federica; Montinari, Natalia - 2026

Gender quotas remain controversial despite evidence of their effectiveness in reducing labor-market gender inequality. We study how informational narratives about quotas affect support, and how effects depend on pre-existing causal beliefs about inequality. In a pre-registered survey experiment...

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Structural change, innovation and gender gaps

Savona, Maria; Vertova, Giovanna - 2026

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Enhancing women's representation in information technology through gender equality policies : a qualitative comparative analysis

Islam, Ranjita; Ali, Muhammad; French, Erica - 2026

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Why female professors earn less : the role of retention negotiations and performance bonuses

Cieply, Isea; Barros, Laura; Silbersdorff, Alexander; … - 2026

How large is the gender pay gap among university professors, and how do institutional pay-setting mechanisms shape this disparity? This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the gender pay gap among professors at a renowned German university. Using detailed human resources data for the time...

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Is there a glass ceiling over Europe? : exploring the gender pay gap across the wage distribution

Arulampalam, Wiji; Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2026

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasirandom assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

Gender gaps in earnings persist even among high-skilled workers, in part because men and women often perform different tasks within and across jobs. We study a rare setting in which high-skilled men and women perform the same tasks under comparable conditions, allowing us to assess gender...

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasi-random assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasi-random assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

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Gender gaps under comparable tasks : evidence from quasi-random assignment

Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2026

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Routine-Biased Technological Change and the gender wage gap among formal workers in Indonesia

Jamil, Wulan Isfah; Brodjonegoro, Bambang; Widyawati, Diah - 2026

Routine-Biased Technological Change (RBTC) is viewed as reshaping labor markets, yet its implications for gender inequality in developing economies remain underexplored. This study examines these dynamics among formal wage workers in Indonesia from 2001 to 2019. Using stacked first-difference...

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Do firms share their profits equally with women and men? : the role of human capital, managerial positions and unions

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2026

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Do firms share their profits equally with women and men? : the role of human capital, managerial positions and unions

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2026

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Do firms share their profits equally with women and men? : the role of human capital, managerial positions and unions

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2026

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Biased promotions

Ferreira, Daniel Bernardo Soares; Nikolowa, Radoslawa; … - 2026

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Biased promotions

Ferreira, Daniel Bernardo Soares; Nikolowa, Radoslawa; … - 2026

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Gender discrimination, construction, and glass ceiling effects among women academics in a higher education institution in South Africa : exploring alternatives for women's empowerment

Ngonyama, Sicelo; Adewumi, Samson Adeoluwa - 2026

Despite several policies and legislation enactments to address gender inequality in the post-apartheid South African employment landscape, a significant proportion of female academics still face marginalization and underrepresentation in senior executive positions. This paper aims to investigate...

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Trade, competition, and the gender composition of employment : evidence from Viet Nam

Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Lee, Sooyoung - 2026

As countries in Asia and the Paciﬁc continue to integrate into the global economy, what are the implications for women's labor market participation in these countries? The literature on international trade considers the eﬀects of import competition and export orientation on gender gaps in...

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A growing gender divide? : gender-role attitudes among young adults across nine world regions over four decades

Pavelea, Alina-Maria; Matysiak, Anna - 2026

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Labor of love : gender and wage dynamics across the stages of life

Li, Shurui - 2026

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Sex, science, and society

Adams, Renée; Xu, Jing - 2026

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Gender gap in high-stakes exams : what role for exam preparation?

Bonneau, Cécile; Dousset, Léa - 2026

In this paper, we show that gender gaps in performance observed in high-stakes exams, relative to low-stakes exams, are partially shaped by the context of exam preparation. We examine the role of exam preparation using data from French elite STEM higher education programs. First, we document a...

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Increasing women's empowerment : evaluating two interventions in Uganda

Ambler, Kate; Jones, Kelly; O'Sullivan, Michael - 2026

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Bridging the gender credit gap in low-income countries : the impact of digital financial inclusion

Oluoch, Wycliffe; Alhassan, Abdul Latif - 2026

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Invisible Barriers : How Gender Norms Impact Financial Inclusion

Singh, Nisha; Koning, Antonique; Ledgerwood, Joanna - 2026

This Focus Note includes illustrative examples from successful initiatives around the world that demonstrate the potential of these strategies—from digital financial solutions that respect privacy concerns to data-driven approaches that challenge institutional biases. Development actors,...

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Closing the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship : Overcoming Challenges in Law and Practice for Female Entrepreneurs

Behr, Daniela M.; Xi, Yue - 2026

Despite significant strides toward gender equality, women around the world continue to encounter systemic obstacles that hinder their entrepreneurial success. This paper systematically reviews the literature on the barriers female entrepreneurs face and the solutions proposed to overcome these...

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Gaming hope : professional women's football as precarious work

Manolchev, Constantine; Nolan, Ryan; Pearce, Cameron; Carys - 2026

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Gender and Caste Nexus : Occupational Segregation across Indian Megacities

Thakur, Jyoti; Kartick, V - 2026

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Do female CEOs promote behavioral consistency in firm’s nonmarket strategy : the moderating effect of board gender diversity

Alshammari, Marwan Ahmad; Dadanlar, Hazel; Banerjee, … - 2026

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Fintech environment and gender disparity in financial Inclusion : empirical evidence from emerging markets

Khan, Habib Hussain; Khan, Shoaib; Tahir Akhtar; Anwar, … - 2026

This study investigates the impact of the fintech environment on gender disparities in financial inclusion across 31 countries from 2013 to 2023. Utilizing gender-disaggregated data from the IMF Financial Access Survey (FAS), we construct a fintech environment index comprising five sub-indices...

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Beyond backlash : how gender quotas empower women and shape workplace atitudes in Japanese hiring

Nihonsugi, Tsuyoshi; Kamijo, Yoshio; Taguchi, Satoshi; … - 2026

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Missing stars? : quantifying the gender gap in the assessment of gifted students

Eugster, Beatrix; Marquardt, Kelli; Sallin, Aurélien - 2026

Female students are less likely to be identified as intellectually gifted than male students when the identification process follows a two-stage procedure. We posit and quantify two mechanisms that explain this gender gap. First, at any level of IQ, but especially at high levels of IQ, male...

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Whiteness as the academy’s orientation : on gendered and racialized boundaries and the disciplining of women of colour in Dutch academia

Essanhaji, Zakia; Müftügil Yalçın, Seda - 2026

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College major choice, payoffs, and gender gaps

Campos, Christopher; Muñoz, Pablo; Bucarey, Alonso; … - 2026

This paper studies how college major choices shape earnings and fertility outcomes. Using administrative data that link students' preferences, random assignment to majors, and post-college outcomes, we estimate the causal pecuniary and nonpecuniary returns to different fields of study. We...

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College major choice, payoffs, and gender gaps

Campos, Christopher; Muñoz, Pablo; Bucarey, Alonso; … - 2025

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Is the GPT model suitable for sentiment analysis? : testing for geographical, political and gender bias

Choczyńska, Agnieszka - 2026

The new generation of Large Language Models, based on Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) can be useful for automatic text annotation and sentiment analysis. However, they tend to learn the bias from training data, which can lead to distorted results. In this paper, the GPT-4o-mini model...

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