Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability
Gender differences in task allocations may sustain vertical gender segregation in labor markets. We examine the allocation of a task that everyone prefers be completed by someone else (writing a report, serving on a committee, etc.) and find evidence that women, more than men, volunteer, are asked t...
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| author | Babcock, Linda Recalde, Maria P. Vesterlund, Lise Weingart, Laurie |
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| description | Gender differences in task allocations may sustain vertical gender segregation in labor markets. We examine the allocation of a task that everyone prefers be completed by someone else (writing a report, serving on a committee, etc.) and find evidence that women, more than men, volunteer, are asked to volunteer, and accept requests to volunteer for such tasks. Beliefs that women, more than men, say yes to tasks with low promotability appear as an important driver of these differences. If women hold tasks that are less promotable than those held by men, then women will progress more slowly in organizations. (JEL I23, J16, J44, J71, M12, M51) |
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| spelling | CGSpace1476892024-10-25T07:57:14Z Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability Babcock, Linda Recalde, Maria P. Vesterlund, Lise Weingart, Laurie research institutions gender job performance discrimination compensation Gender differences in task allocations may sustain vertical gender segregation in labor markets. We examine the allocation of a task that everyone prefers be completed by someone else (writing a report, serving on a committee, etc.) and find evidence that women, more than men, volunteer, are asked to volunteer, and accept requests to volunteer for such tasks. Beliefs that women, more than men, say yes to tasks with low promotability appear as an important driver of these differences. If women hold tasks that are less promotable than those held by men, then women will progress more slowly in organizations. (JEL I23, J16, J44, J71, M12, M51) 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:10Z 2024-06-21T09:23:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147689 en American Economic Association Babcock, Linda; Recalde, Maria P.; Vesterlund, Lise; and Weingart, Laurie. 2017. Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability. American Economic Review 107(3): 714-747. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20141734 |
| spellingShingle | research institutions gender job performance discrimination compensation Babcock, Linda Recalde, Maria P. Vesterlund, Lise Weingart, Laurie Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability |
| title | Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability |
| title_full | Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability |
| title_fullStr | Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability |
| title_short | Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability |
| title_sort | gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability |
| topic | research institutions gender job performance discrimination compensation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147689 |
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