When He Doesn’t Mean You: Gender-Exclusive Language as Ostracism
The use of gender-exclusive language (such as using masculine pronouns) can cause women to feel ostracized and less motivated in important professional environments.
STEMing the Tide: Using Ingroup Experts to Inoculate Women's Self-Concept in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Observing and interacting with female experts in STEM fields improved female students’ attitudes towards those fields and increased their interest in pursuing STEM careers.
Jane G. Stout,
Nilanjana Dasgupta,
Matthew Hunsinger,
Melissa A. McManus
Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
A public health campaign warning about the increased risk of HIV associated with older partners decreased teen pregnancy (a proxy for unprotected sex), while abstinence-only education did not.
The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Marriage and Divorce
Conditional cash transfers to women, aimed at increasing children’s school enrollment and family health in Mexico, had modest effects on their marriage or divorce rates.
Hard Won and Easily Lost: The Fragile Status of Leaders in Gender-Stereotype-Incongruent Occupations
Men who are employed in jobs that are strongly associated with women, and vice versa, are more strongly penalized for making mistakes than those in positions associated with their own gender.
Victoria L Brescoll,
Erica Dawson,
Eric Luis Uhlmann
STEMing the Tide: Using Ingroup Experts to Inoculate Women's Self-Concept in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Observing and interacting with female experts in STEM fields improved female students’ attitudes towards those fields and increased their interest in pursuing STEM careers.
Jane G. Stout,
Nilanjana Dasgupta,
Matthew Hunsinger,
Melissa A. McManus
Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
A public health campaign warning about the increased risk of HIV associated with older partners decreased teen pregnancy (a proxy for unprotected sex), while abstinence-only education did not.
Hard Won and Easily Lost: The Fragile Status of Leaders in Gender-Stereotype-Incongruent Occupations
Men who are employed in jobs that are strongly associated with women, and vice versa, are more strongly penalized for making mistakes than those in positions associated with their own gender.
Victoria L Brescoll,
Erica Dawson,
Eric Luis Uhlmann
When He Doesn’t Mean You: Gender-Exclusive Language as Ostracism
The use of gender-exclusive language (such as using masculine pronouns) can cause women to feel ostracized and less motivated in important professional environments.
The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Marriage and Divorce
Conditional cash transfers to women, aimed at increasing children’s school enrollment and family health in Mexico, had modest effects on their marriage or divorce rates.
