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The Effect of Gender-Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence From India

Evidence from India suggests gender-targeted cash transfer programs can empower women in household decision-making processes but have little effect on household expenditures, savings, income, or nutrition.  
Ingvild Almås, Vincent Somville, Lore Vandewalle (2020)
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Building Safer Public Spaces: Exploring Gender Difference in the Perception of Safety in Public Space through Urban Design Interventions

In London, perceptions of safety in public spaces increased with the removal of solid walls, especially among women. 
Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Arielle Vetro, Paz Concha (2021)
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What’s in a Pronoun: Exploring Gender Pronouns as an Organizational Identity-Safety cue among Sexual and Gender minorities

The inclusion of gender pronouns in organization materials can serve as an effective identity-safety cue to gender and sexual minorities. 
India R. Johnson, Evava S. Pietri, David M. Buck, Roua Daas (2021)
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Defending the Sex/Gender Binary: The Role of Gender Identification and Need for Closure

In the United Kingdom and Sweden, psychological factors including gender identification and need for closure are associated with binary gender/sex views, prejudice toward non-binary people, and opposition to gender-neutral pronouns.
Thekla Morgenroth, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Anna Lindqvist, Emma Aurora Renström, Michelle Kim Ryan, Thomas Morton (2021)
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A Longer Shortlist Increases the Consideration of Female Candidates in Male-Dominant Domains

Extending candidate shortlists (which are typically used as an informal recruitment process in organizations) could help close the gender gap in hiring. 
Brian J. Lucas, Zachariah Berry, Laura M. Giurge, Dolly Chugh (2021)
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Reducing Discrimination in the Field: Evidence from an Awareness Raising Intervention Targeting Gender Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching

Encouraging students not to incur in gender discrimination is likely to be ineffective; a more effective approach is to present them data of past gender discrimination made by students. 
Anne Boring, Arnaud Philippe (2021)
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The Effect of Task Choice and Task Assignment on the Gender Wage Gap: An Experimental Study

In an experimental study in the U.S., when women are assigned a harder, higher-paid task, they experience an increase in earnings, regardless of whether they stated a preference for an easier or more challenging task. 
Kai Ou, Xiaofei Pan (2021)
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Missing Women in Tech: The Labor Market for Highly Skilled Software Engineers

Without self-promotion, female software engineers are left behind in tech recruitment.
Raviv Murciano-Goroff (2021)
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Multiple Discrimination against Female Immigrants Wearing Headscarves

In Germany, female job applicants with Turkish names received callbacks at lower rates than those with German names, despite comparable qualifications. This effect was particularly significant for applicants with Turkish names who wore headscarves. 
Doris Weichselbaumer (2020)
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Women Want an Answer! Field Experiments on Elected Officials and Gender Bias

Female elected officials are particularly responsive to female constituents, suggesting a greater number of women in office would lead to higher quality representation for women.
Gabriele Magni, Zoila Ponce de Leon (2020)
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The Effect of Gender-Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence From India

Evidence from India suggests gender-targeted cash transfer programs can empower women in household decision-making processes but have little effect on household expenditures, savings, income, or nutrition.  
Ingvild Almås, Vincent Somville, Lore Vandewalle (2020)
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What’s in a Pronoun: Exploring Gender Pronouns as an Organizational Identity-Safety cue among Sexual and Gender minorities

The inclusion of gender pronouns in organization materials can serve as an effective identity-safety cue to gender and sexual minorities. 
India R. Johnson, Evava S. Pietri, David M. Buck, Roua Daas (2021)
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A Longer Shortlist Increases the Consideration of Female Candidates in Male-Dominant Domains

Extending candidate shortlists (which are typically used as an informal recruitment process in organizations) could help close the gender gap in hiring. 
Brian J. Lucas, Zachariah Berry, Laura M. Giurge, Dolly Chugh (2021)
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The Effect of Task Choice and Task Assignment on the Gender Wage Gap: An Experimental Study

In an experimental study in the U.S., when women are assigned a harder, higher-paid task, they experience an increase in earnings, regardless of whether they stated a preference for an easier or more challenging task. 
Kai Ou, Xiaofei Pan (2021)
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Multiple Discrimination against Female Immigrants Wearing Headscarves

In Germany, female job applicants with Turkish names received callbacks at lower rates than those with German names, despite comparable qualifications. This effect was particularly significant for applicants with Turkish names who wore headscarves. 
Doris Weichselbaumer (2020)
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Building Safer Public Spaces: Exploring Gender Difference in the Perception of Safety in Public Space through Urban Design Interventions

In London, perceptions of safety in public spaces increased with the removal of solid walls, especially among women. 
Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Arielle Vetro, Paz Concha (2021)
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Defending the Sex/Gender Binary: The Role of Gender Identification and Need for Closure

In the United Kingdom and Sweden, psychological factors including gender identification and need for closure are associated with binary gender/sex views, prejudice toward non-binary people, and opposition to gender-neutral pronouns.
Thekla Morgenroth, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Anna Lindqvist, Emma Aurora Renström, Michelle Kim Ryan, Thomas Morton (2021)
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Reducing Discrimination in the Field: Evidence from an Awareness Raising Intervention Targeting Gender Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching

Encouraging students not to incur in gender discrimination is likely to be ineffective; a more effective approach is to present them data of past gender discrimination made by students. 
Anne Boring, Arnaud Philippe (2021)
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Missing Women in Tech: The Labor Market for Highly Skilled Software Engineers

Without self-promotion, female software engineers are left behind in tech recruitment.
Raviv Murciano-Goroff (2021)
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Women Want an Answer! Field Experiments on Elected Officials and Gender Bias

Female elected officials are particularly responsive to female constituents, suggesting a greater number of women in office would lead to higher quality representation for women.
Gabriele Magni, Zoila Ponce de Leon (2020)
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