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The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp

Employment opportunities for refugees significantly boosted their psychological well being. For women refugees, it also increased their perceptions of household power and intolerance for intimate partner violence.

Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, Gregory Lane, Fatima Zahra (2022)
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Reducing discrimination against job seekers with and without employment gaps

Redesigning résumés reduces discrimination against female jobseekers with child-related employment gaps and overall improves hireability of applicants with and without employment gaps. 

Ariella S. Kristal, Leonie Nicks, Jamie Lee Gloor, Oliver P. Hauser (2023)
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Hiring women into senior leadership positions is associated with a reduction in gender stereotypes in organizational language

Appointing women into top management might mitigate the gendered expressions in language that describe women as less agentic than men.

M. Asher Lawson, Ashley E. Martin, Imrul Huda, Sandra C. Matz (2022)
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When seeking help, women and racial/ethnic minorities benefit from explicitly stating their identity

Women and racial and ethnic minorities are found to benefit from mentioning their demographic identity in help requests.

Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman (2022)
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The role of piped water supplies in advancing health, economic development, and gender equality in rural communities

Piped water interventions resulted in a significant reduction of time spent fetching water for girls and women, as well as increased household water consumption.

James C. Winter, Gary L. Darmstadt, Jennifer Davis (2021)
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Improving Girls' Sense of Fit in Science: Increasing the Impact of Role Models

Beyond merely exposing girls to role models, actively encouraging girls to choose a role model may improve their sense of fit in science.

Laurie T. O'Brien, Aline Hitti, Emily Shaffer, Amanda R. Van Camp, Donata Henry, Patricia N. Gilbert (2017)
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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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The Racialized and Gendered Workplace: Applying an Intersectional Lens to a Field Experiment on Hiring Discrimination in Five European Labor Markets

Employment chances of minority applicants depend on how well they are perceived to align with the feminine or masculine traits of the job. While white women are strongly preferred for female-type jobs, women of color are not given a similar advantage.
 

Valentina Di Stasio, Edvard N. Larsen (2020)
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Opt-out choice framing attenuates gender differences in the decision to compete in the laboratory and in the field

Restructuring competitions in lab settings and in the workplace so that competition is the default significantly reduces the gender gap and may decrease gender imbalances in leadership positions or career trajectories in organizations.

Joyce He, Sonia Kang, Nicola Lacetera (2021)
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Gender training and female empowerment: Experimental evidence from Vietnam

Participation in gender and entrepreneurship training can help increase women’s bargaining power in household decision making.

Erwin Bulte, Robert Lensink, Nhung Vu (2016)
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The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp

Employment opportunities for refugees significantly boosted their psychological well being. For women refugees, it also increased their perceptions of household power and intolerance for intimate partner violence.

Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, Gregory Lane, Fatima Zahra (2022)
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Hiring women into senior leadership positions is associated with a reduction in gender stereotypes in organizational language

Appointing women into top management might mitigate the gendered expressions in language that describe women as less agentic than men.

M. Asher Lawson, Ashley E. Martin, Imrul Huda, Sandra C. Matz (2022)
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The role of piped water supplies in advancing health, economic development, and gender equality in rural communities

Piped water interventions resulted in a significant reduction of time spent fetching water for girls and women, as well as increased household water consumption.

James C. Winter, Gary L. Darmstadt, Jennifer Davis (2021)
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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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Opt-out choice framing attenuates gender differences in the decision to compete in the laboratory and in the field

Restructuring competitions in lab settings and in the workplace so that competition is the default significantly reduces the gender gap and may decrease gender imbalances in leadership positions or career trajectories in organizations.

Joyce He, Sonia Kang, Nicola Lacetera (2021)
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Reducing discrimination against job seekers with and without employment gaps

Redesigning résumés reduces discrimination against female jobseekers with child-related employment gaps and overall improves hireability of applicants with and without employment gaps. 

Ariella S. Kristal, Leonie Nicks, Jamie Lee Gloor, Oliver P. Hauser (2023)
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When seeking help, women and racial/ethnic minorities benefit from explicitly stating their identity

Women and racial and ethnic minorities are found to benefit from mentioning their demographic identity in help requests.

Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman (2022)
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Improving Girls' Sense of Fit in Science: Increasing the Impact of Role Models

Beyond merely exposing girls to role models, actively encouraging girls to choose a role model may improve their sense of fit in science.

Laurie T. O'Brien, Aline Hitti, Emily Shaffer, Amanda R. Van Camp, Donata Henry, Patricia N. Gilbert (2017)
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The Racialized and Gendered Workplace: Applying an Intersectional Lens to a Field Experiment on Hiring Discrimination in Five European Labor Markets

Employment chances of minority applicants depend on how well they are perceived to align with the feminine or masculine traits of the job. While white women are strongly preferred for female-type jobs, women of color are not given a similar advantage.
 

Valentina Di Stasio, Edvard N. Larsen (2020)
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Gender training and female empowerment: Experimental evidence from Vietnam

Participation in gender and entrepreneurship training can help increase women’s bargaining power in household decision making.

Erwin Bulte, Robert Lensink, Nhung Vu (2016)
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