Topic: Gender Gap
You Have Women on Your Board? Gender Inequality and the Choices of Foreign Fund Manager
How investment data and country rankings correlate on treatment of women
Women Are Likelier to Drop Out after Early Political Loss
But the “persistence gap” in seeking elective office narrows with experience
Why Aren’t There More Women Firefighters?
Aligning people’s idea of a firefighter with the range of work and skills actually required might reduce gender bias
White Men Admire a Company That Employs White Women
But white men, seeing African American women employed, don’t react so favorably
Wage Transparency Might Make Income Inequality Even Worse
Unintended consequences in trying to apply market solutions
Shorter Workweek Could Help Close the Gender Wage Gap
Study of medical residencies shows shift in women’s specialty choices when hours reduced
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Test yourself on the Silicon Valley Syndrome, gender gap in math, minimum wage research and more
Perceived Gender Equity: How 2016’s Election Widened a Gap
How vote outcomes affect feelings about society
Parents Who Favor Boys Raise Girls Who Score Lower in Math
A clue that parents prefer a son: They have more kids when their firstborn is a girl
Opting Women into Competition Could Help Narrow Gender Gap
Fixing the process and abandoning the mindset of ‘fixing the women’
Math Gender Gap: Nonexistent for Blacks, Notable for Affluent Whites
Well-to-do families doting on their sons at daughters’ expense?
Long Before COVID-19, School Summer Breaks Disrupted Women’s Careers
Households with kids ages 6 to 12 feel the interruption most
Gender Gaps in School Performance
Socioeconomic factors magnify the boy-girl divide and can explain cross-race differences
Downplaying Femininity in Cover Letters for Male-Dominated Job Backfires
Omitting female-typical language, in the eyes of hiring managers, makes a woman less ‘likable’