The Hillary Clinton effect: When the same role model inspires or fails to inspire improved performance under stereotype threat
When female students are reminded of successful role models whom they deem deserving of their success, they feel less pressure to represent their group through performance on a test.
Cheryl A. Taylor,
Charles G. Lord,
Rusty B. McIntyre,
Rene M. Paulson
Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
In-kind grants of inventory, equipment, and supplies increase business profits for a significant proportion of female-owned microenterprises in urban Ghana, whereas cash transfers do not.
Marcel Fafchamps,
David McKenzie,
Simon Quinn,
Christopher Woodruff
Electoral Gender Quotas and Attitudes Toward Traditional Leaders: A Policy Experiment on Lesotho
Gender-based political quotas in Lesotho diminish the perceived power of traditional leaders, which in turn challenges patrilineal political systems that have previously kept women from holding political office.
Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Adding an interpersonal dialogue group to economic empowerment programming in Côte d’Ivoire reduced the occurrence of intimate partner violence, economic abuse, and acceptance of wife beating.
Jhumka Gupta,
Kathryn L. Falb,
Heidi Lehmann,
Denise Kpebo,
Ziming Xuan,
Mazeda Hossain,
Cathy Zimmerman,
Charlotte Watts,
Jeannie Annan
Fix the Game – Not the Dame: A Team Intervention for Gender Equality in Leadership
In majority male teams, both male and female team members rated male leaders as more exemplary than female leaders, but this effect was eliminated in more gender-balanced teams.
Jamie Lee Gloor,
Manuela C. Morf,
Samantha Paustian-Underdahl,
Uschi Backes-Gellner
Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men
Investors preferred pitches presented by male entrepreneurs compared to pitches made by female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitch is the same. Attractive men were particularly persuasive, whereas physical attractiveness did not matter among female entrepreneurs.
Alison Wood Brooks,
Laura Huang,
Sarah Wood Kearney,
Fiona E. Murray
Creativity from Constraint? How the Political Correctness Norm Influences Creativity in Mixed-sex Work Groups
Setting politically correct norms helps promote the free expression of ideas in mixed-sex work groups by reducing anxiety about sharing potentially offensive ideas.
Jack A. Goncalo,
Jennifer A Chatman,
Michelle Duguid,
Jessica A. Kennedy
The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions
While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.
Vishal K. Gupta,
Daniel B. Turban,
Nachiket M. Bhawe
Findings from the SASA! Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda
A community mobilization intervention piloted in Uganda significantly reduced social acceptance of gender inequality and intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as actual experience of IPV and risky sexual behavior.
Tanya Abramsky,
Karen Devries,
Ligia Kiss,
Janet Nakuti,
Nambusi Kyegombe,
Elizabeth Starmann,
Bonnie Cundill,
Leilani Francisco,
Dan Kaye,
Tina Musuya,
Lori Michau,
Charlotte Watts
The Hillary Clinton effect: When the same role model inspires or fails to inspire improved performance under stereotype threat
When female students are reminded of successful role models whom they deem deserving of their success, they feel less pressure to represent their group through performance on a test.
Cheryl A. Taylor,
Charles G. Lord,
Rusty B. McIntyre,
Rene M. Paulson
Electoral Gender Quotas and Attitudes Toward Traditional Leaders: A Policy Experiment on Lesotho
Gender-based political quotas in Lesotho diminish the perceived power of traditional leaders, which in turn challenges patrilineal political systems that have previously kept women from holding political office.
Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Adding an interpersonal dialogue group to economic empowerment programming in Côte d’Ivoire reduced the occurrence of intimate partner violence, economic abuse, and acceptance of wife beating.
Jhumka Gupta,
Kathryn L. Falb,
Heidi Lehmann,
Denise Kpebo,
Ziming Xuan,
Mazeda Hossain,
Cathy Zimmerman,
Charlotte Watts,
Jeannie Annan
Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men
Investors preferred pitches presented by male entrepreneurs compared to pitches made by female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitch is the same. Attractive men were particularly persuasive, whereas physical attractiveness did not matter among female entrepreneurs.
Alison Wood Brooks,
Laura Huang,
Sarah Wood Kearney,
Fiona E. Murray
The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions
While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.
Vishal K. Gupta,
Daniel B. Turban,
Nachiket M. Bhawe
Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
In-kind grants of inventory, equipment, and supplies increase business profits for a significant proportion of female-owned microenterprises in urban Ghana, whereas cash transfers do not.
Marcel Fafchamps,
David McKenzie,
Simon Quinn,
Christopher Woodruff
Fix the Game – Not the Dame: A Team Intervention for Gender Equality in Leadership
In majority male teams, both male and female team members rated male leaders as more exemplary than female leaders, but this effect was eliminated in more gender-balanced teams.
Jamie Lee Gloor,
Manuela C. Morf,
Samantha Paustian-Underdahl,
Uschi Backes-Gellner
Creativity from Constraint? How the Political Correctness Norm Influences Creativity in Mixed-sex Work Groups
Setting politically correct norms helps promote the free expression of ideas in mixed-sex work groups by reducing anxiety about sharing potentially offensive ideas.
Jack A. Goncalo,
Jennifer A Chatman,
Michelle Duguid,
Jessica A. Kennedy
Findings from the SASA! Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda
A community mobilization intervention piloted in Uganda significantly reduced social acceptance of gender inequality and intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as actual experience of IPV and risky sexual behavior.
Tanya Abramsky,
Karen Devries,
Ligia Kiss,
Janet Nakuti,
Nambusi Kyegombe,
Elizabeth Starmann,
Bonnie Cundill,
Leilani Francisco,
Dan Kaye,
Tina Musuya,
Lori Michau,
Charlotte Watts