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Social Incentives for Gender Differences in the Propensity to Initiate Negotiations: Sometimes It Does Hurt to Ask

Women who initiate negotiations in the workplace are more likely to be penalized than their male counterparts.

Hannah Riley Bowles, Linda Babcock, Lei Lai (2007)
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Exploring gendered behavior in the field with experiments: Why public goods are provided by women in a Nairobi slum

Kenyan women are more likely to contribute funds to the greater public good in environments absent of gender and ethnic diversity.

Fiona Greig, Iris Bohnet (2009)
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Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

Mandating female participation in local governance increases female mobility and involvement in village councils, but does not affect overall perceptions of the role of women in society.

Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia, Ruben Enikolopov (2013)
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Gender Differences In Competition: Evidence From A Matrilineal And A Patriarchal Society

Women are less competitive than men in patriarchal societies, but this result reverses in matrilineal societies, where women are more competitive than men.

Uri Gneezy, Kenneth L Leonard, John A List (2009)
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Successful Female Leaders Empower Women's Behavior In Leadership Tasks

Subtle exposure to highly successful female leaders improves women’s performance and self-evaluations in stressful leadership tasks.    

Ioana M. Latu, Marianne Schmid Mast, Joris Lammers, Dario Bombari (2013)
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Do Electoral Quotas Work after They Are Withdrawn? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India

Quotas have continuing positive effects on women’s political representation at least one cycle after they are withdrawn.  

Rikhil Bhavnani (2009)
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Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty?

Mothers face penalties in hiring, starting salaries, and perceived competence while fathers can benefit from being a parent.

Shelley Correll, Stephan Benard, In Paik (2007)
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Unkind to Two of a Kind: Stereotyping Women with Duo Status in a Work Group

Men evaluate women as contributing less leadership and having fewer skills when there are two women in a group compared to when there are one or three.   

Denise Lewin Loyd, Judith B. White, Mary C. Kern (2012)
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Gender-Responsive Drug Court Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Women who participate in women-only substance abuse treatment programs benefit from reduced PTSD and better treatment outcomes than women in mixed-sex treatment programs.

Nena Messina, Stacy Calhoun, Umme Warda (2012)
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Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India

Adding a two-month grace period in microfinance loan repayments, rather than the traditional immediate repayment model, may increase default rates, but it also leads to more micro-enterprise investment, a greater likelihood of starting a new business, and higher profits three-years later for poor women in Kolkata.

Erica Field, Rohini Pande, John Papp, Natalia Rigol (2013)
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Social Incentives for Gender Differences in the Propensity to Initiate Negotiations: Sometimes It Does Hurt to Ask

Women who initiate negotiations in the workplace are more likely to be penalized than their male counterparts.

Hannah Riley Bowles, Linda Babcock, Lei Lai (2007)
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Empowering Women through Development Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

Mandating female participation in local governance increases female mobility and involvement in village councils, but does not affect overall perceptions of the role of women in society.

Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia, Ruben Enikolopov (2013)
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Successful Female Leaders Empower Women's Behavior In Leadership Tasks

Subtle exposure to highly successful female leaders improves women’s performance and self-evaluations in stressful leadership tasks.    

Ioana M. Latu, Marianne Schmid Mast, Joris Lammers, Dario Bombari (2013)
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Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty?

Mothers face penalties in hiring, starting salaries, and perceived competence while fathers can benefit from being a parent.

Shelley Correll, Stephan Benard, In Paik (2007)
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Gender-Responsive Drug Court Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Women who participate in women-only substance abuse treatment programs benefit from reduced PTSD and better treatment outcomes than women in mixed-sex treatment programs.

Nena Messina, Stacy Calhoun, Umme Warda (2012)
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Exploring gendered behavior in the field with experiments: Why public goods are provided by women in a Nairobi slum

Kenyan women are more likely to contribute funds to the greater public good in environments absent of gender and ethnic diversity.

Fiona Greig, Iris Bohnet (2009)
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Gender Differences In Competition: Evidence From A Matrilineal And A Patriarchal Society

Women are less competitive than men in patriarchal societies, but this result reverses in matrilineal societies, where women are more competitive than men.

Uri Gneezy, Kenneth L Leonard, John A List (2009)
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Do Electoral Quotas Work after They Are Withdrawn? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India

Quotas have continuing positive effects on women’s political representation at least one cycle after they are withdrawn.  

Rikhil Bhavnani (2009)
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Unkind to Two of a Kind: Stereotyping Women with Duo Status in a Work Group

Men evaluate women as contributing less leadership and having fewer skills when there are two women in a group compared to when there are one or three.   

Denise Lewin Loyd, Judith B. White, Mary C. Kern (2012)
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Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India

Adding a two-month grace period in microfinance loan repayments, rather than the traditional immediate repayment model, may increase default rates, but it also leads to more micro-enterprise investment, a greater likelihood of starting a new business, and higher profits three-years later for poor women in Kolkata.

Erica Field, Rohini Pande, John Papp, Natalia Rigol (2013)
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