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This paper provides experimental evidence on how informational differences may translate into performance differences in competitive environments. In a laboratory tournament…
First comparative, multi-country study of the impact of gender quotas across descriptive, substantive and symbolic dimensions of representationBridges literatures of gender quotas…
Financial stress is widely believed to cause health problems. However, policies seeking to relieve financial stress by limiting debt levels of poor households may directly worsen…
Research suggests that women are more likely than men to pass over opportunities to negotiate for higher compensation. Studies from the laboratory, surveys, and field suggest that…
In the increasingly globalized context of the UAE, women’s leadershipdevelopment programs have become high on the agenda of government,academic and private sector…
The recent subprime mortgage crisis has brought to the forefront the possibility of discriminatory lending on the basis of race or gender. Using the over 10 million observations…
Condom use and communication among sexual partners are important strategies for HIV prevention. Using a panel data set of more than 1,200 married women in rural Malawi from 1998-…
Gender gaps in the workplace are widespread. One explanation for gender inequality stems from the effects of the interaction between competition and two pressure sources, namely,…
The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal; it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed…
The Cost of Workplace Flexibility for High-Powered Professionals. Lawrence Katz, Claudia Goldin, November 2011, Paper. "We study the pecuniary penalties for family-related…