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Registration

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Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date June 14, 2019
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 190
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 190
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms 190
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files No
Data Collection Completion Date June 14, 2019
Is data available for public use? No
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Papers

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Paper Abstract We study the role of advice in sustaining gender differences in labour market outcomes. We conducted a laboratory experiment in which “advisers” advise “workers” to choose between a more ambitious and a less ambitious task based on the worker’s subjective self-assessment. We expected female workers to be less confident and advisers to hold gender stereotypes, leading to a gender bias in advice. However, we find no evidence that women are less confident or that advice is gender-biased. Our results contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms driving gender differences in the labor market. They also call for caution when making general interpretations of research findings pointing to a gender bias in specific settings.
Paper Citation Silva Goncalves, Juliana and Roel van Veldhuizen (2020): Subjective Judgment and Gender Bias in Advice: Evidence from the Laboratory. Life Course Centre Working Paper No. 2020-29
Paper URL https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3748191
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