The gender gap in self-promotion
CL Exley, JB Kessler - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We run a series of experiments involving over 4,000 online participants and over 10,000
school-aged youth. When individuals are asked to subjectively describe their performance …
school-aged youth. When individuals are asked to subjectively describe their performance …
The gender gap in confidence: Expected but not accounted for
We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (eg,
employers) hold about men and women. We find the confidence gap is contagious, causing …
employers) hold about men and women. We find the confidence gap is contagious, causing …
Whether to apply
KB Coffman, MR Collis, L Kulkarni - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Labor market outcomes depend, in part, upon an individual's willingness to put him-or
herself forward for different opportunities. We use a series of experiments to explore gender …
herself forward for different opportunities. We use a series of experiments to explore gender …
[HTML][HTML] Belief updating: does the 'good-news, bad-news' asymmetry extend to purely financial domains?
K Barron - Experimental Economics, 2021 - Springer
Bayes' statistical rule remains the status quo for modeling belief updating in both normative
and descriptive models of behavior under uncertainty. Some recent research has …
and descriptive models of behavior under uncertainty. Some recent research has …
What happens when employers can no longer discriminate in job ads?
When employers' explicit gender requests were unexpectedly removed from a Chinese job
board overnight, pools of successful applicants became more integrated: women's (men's) …
board overnight, pools of successful applicants became more integrated: women's (men's) …
Gender and preferences for performance feedback
K Coffman, D Klinowski - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Across multiple studies, we investigate whether there are gender differences in preferences
for receiving performance feedback. We vary many features of the feedback context: whether …
for receiving performance feedback. We vary many features of the feedback context: whether …
Luck or skill: How women and men react to noisy feedback
GK Shastry, O Shurchkov, LL Xia - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
We design an experiment that sheds light on the asymmetry in how men and women
interpret noisy feedback about relative standing and how this gender difference can affect …
interpret noisy feedback about relative standing and how this gender difference can affect …
Gender differences in politician persistence
M Wasserman - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
This paper documents gender differences in the career paths of novice politicians. Using
trajectories of over 11,000 candidates for California local offices and a regression …
trajectories of over 11,000 candidates for California local offices and a regression …
Breaking gender barriers: Experimental evidence on men in pink-collar jobs
A Delfino - American Economic Review, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
I investigate men's limited entry into female-dominated sectors through a large-scale field
experiment. The design exogenously varies recruitment messages by showing photographs …
experiment. The design exogenously varies recruitment messages by showing photographs …
Explicit and implicit belief-based gender discrimination: A hiring experiment
This paper studies a key element of discrimination, namely, when stereotypes translate into
discriminatory actions. Using a hiring experiment, we rule out taste-based discrimination by …
discriminatory actions. Using a hiring experiment, we rule out taste-based discrimination by …