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Class Advantage, Commitment Penalty: The Gendered Effect of Social Class Signals in an Elite Labor Market

Résumés signaling high socioeconomic class status made male applicants, but not female applicants, more likely to be selected for a job interview at elite law firms.
Lauren A. Rivera, András Tilcsik (2016)
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Women Don’t Run? Election Aversion and Candidate Entry

Women and men are equally likely to volunteer as group representatives when chosen randomly, but women are less likely than men to run in an election.
Kristin Kanthak, Jonathan Woon (2015)
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Ethnic Variation in Gender-STEM Stereotypes and STEM Participation: An Intersectional Approach

Despite being an underrepresented group in STEM professions, Black women are relatively less likely than white women to associate STEM with masculinity, and more likely to begin STEM studies in college.
Laurie T. O'Brien, Alison Blodorn, Glenn Adams, Donna M. Garcia, Elliot Hammer (2015)
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Using Experiential Learning to Increase the Recognition of Everyday Sexism as Harmful: The WAGES Intervention

Hands-on learning techniques are more effective in teaching about sexism, reducing information rejection and increasing feelings of self-empowerment.
Jessica L. Cundiff, Matthew J. Zawadzki, Cinnamon L. Danube, Stephanie A. Shields (2014)
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The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates by Gender in a Large Field Experiment

Showing the number of current applicants for a job posting increases the likelihood that job seekers—especially women—will apply.
Laura Gee (2018)
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The Negative Consequences of Threat: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Women’s Underperformance in Math

When women are confronted with negative stereotypes about women and math ability, they underperform on math examinations, and activity in brain regions associated with depression and social rejection is seen.
Anne C. Krendl, Jennifer A. Richeson, William M. Kelle, Todd F. Heatherton (2008)
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Are Gender Differences in Performance Innate or Socially Mediated?

In a study of Malawi farmers, women learn an agricultural technique as easily as men, but are unsuccessful in spreading this knowledge to others.
Ariel Ben Yishay, Maria Jones, Florence Kondylis, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (2016)
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Does Encouragement Matter in Improving Gender Imbalances in Technical Fields? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Encouragement via email can increase female students’ interest in STEM conferences.
Cait Unkovic, Maya Sen, Kevin M. Quinn (2016)
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Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

An organizational intervention that promotes workers’ flexibility and supervisor support increases job-related well-being among IT workers, as well as general well-being among women.
Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Orfeu M. Buxton (2016)
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Evidence That Gendered Wording in Job Advertisements Exists and Sustains Gender Inequality

Job advertisements that use masculine wording are less appealing to women.
Danielle Gaucher, Justin Friesen, Aaron C. Kay (2011)
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Class Advantage, Commitment Penalty: The Gendered Effect of Social Class Signals in an Elite Labor Market

Résumés signaling high socioeconomic class status made male applicants, but not female applicants, more likely to be selected for a job interview at elite law firms.
Lauren A. Rivera, András Tilcsik (2016)
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Ethnic Variation in Gender-STEM Stereotypes and STEM Participation: An Intersectional Approach

Despite being an underrepresented group in STEM professions, Black women are relatively less likely than white women to associate STEM with masculinity, and more likely to begin STEM studies in college.
Laurie T. O'Brien, Alison Blodorn, Glenn Adams, Donna M. Garcia, Elliot Hammer (2015)
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The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates by Gender in a Large Field Experiment

Showing the number of current applicants for a job posting increases the likelihood that job seekers—especially women—will apply.
Laura Gee (2018)
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Are Gender Differences in Performance Innate or Socially Mediated?

In a study of Malawi farmers, women learn an agricultural technique as easily as men, but are unsuccessful in spreading this knowledge to others.
Ariel Ben Yishay, Maria Jones, Florence Kondylis, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (2016)
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Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

An organizational intervention that promotes workers’ flexibility and supervisor support increases job-related well-being among IT workers, as well as general well-being among women.
Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Orfeu M. Buxton (2016)
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Women Don’t Run? Election Aversion and Candidate Entry

Women and men are equally likely to volunteer as group representatives when chosen randomly, but women are less likely than men to run in an election.
Kristin Kanthak, Jonathan Woon (2015)
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Using Experiential Learning to Increase the Recognition of Everyday Sexism as Harmful: The WAGES Intervention

Hands-on learning techniques are more effective in teaching about sexism, reducing information rejection and increasing feelings of self-empowerment.
Jessica L. Cundiff, Matthew J. Zawadzki, Cinnamon L. Danube, Stephanie A. Shields (2014)
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The Negative Consequences of Threat: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Women’s Underperformance in Math

When women are confronted with negative stereotypes about women and math ability, they underperform on math examinations, and activity in brain regions associated with depression and social rejection is seen.
Anne C. Krendl, Jennifer A. Richeson, William M. Kelle, Todd F. Heatherton (2008)
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Does Encouragement Matter in Improving Gender Imbalances in Technical Fields? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Encouragement via email can increase female students’ interest in STEM conferences.
Cait Unkovic, Maya Sen, Kevin M. Quinn (2016)
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Evidence That Gendered Wording in Job Advertisements Exists and Sustains Gender Inequality

Job advertisements that use masculine wording are less appealing to women.
Danielle Gaucher, Justin Friesen, Aaron C. Kay (2011)
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