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The Effects of Gender Neuroessentialism on Transprejudice: An Experimental Study

Exposure to essentialist ideas that ground the male/female binary in biology may lead to more prejudice against transgender people, whereas exposure to ideas that question such essentialist claims may help counteract this prejudice.

Boby Ho-Hong Ching, Jason Teng Xu (2018)
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The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion

The gender gap in self-promotion persists even when incentives to self-promote are removed and information about other people's average level of self-promotion is provided.

Christine L. Exley, Judd B. Kessler (2020)
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Women and African Americans are less influential when they express anger during group decision-making

During negotiations, expressing anger decreases influence for women and African Americans but does not decrease the influence of white men.

Jessica M. Salerno, Liana C. Peter-Hagene, Alexander C. V. Jay (2019)
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(Sex) Crime and Punishment in the #MeToo Era: How the Public Views Rape

Certain legally irrelevant features of rape (such as details relating to the victim's clothing and past criminal history) decrease respondents’ likelihood of reporting an incident and its perceived severity.

Susanne Schwarz, Dara Kay Cohen, Matthew Baum (2020)
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Can Simple Advice Eliminate the Gender Gap in Willingness to Compete?

Simple advice can be a powerful and effective tool in reducing gender differences in willingness to compete.

Dany Kessel, Johanna Mollerstrom, Roel van Veldhuizen (2019)
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The Gendered Spillover Effect of Young Children's Health on Human Capital: Evidence from Turkey

In developing nations, reducing morbidity among preschool children may improve educational outcomes for their adolescent sisters by lessening childcare duties and allowing them to attend school.

Marcella M. Alsan (2017)
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Progress in women’s representation in top leadership weakens people’s disturbance with gender inequality in other domains

Perceiving greater women’s representation in organizations’ top leadership leads people to overgeneralize women's access to equal opportunities, which in turn predicts lower concern with ongoing gender inequality in other domains.

Oriane Georgeac, Aneeta Rattan (2019)
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The Mixed Effects of Online Diversity Training

One-off online diversity and anti-bias trainings may be effective in changing employee attitudes, but do not change behaviors in the workplace. 

Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, Dena M. Gromet, Robert W. Rebele, Cade Massey, Angela L. Duckworth, Adam M. Grant (2019)
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Do Financial Education Interventions for Women from Poor Households Impact Their Financial Behaviors? Experimental Evidence from India

One-day financial education training programs may be cost-effective interventions for improving the financial behaviors of women from poor households. 

Aditi Bhutoria, Anna Vignoles (2018)
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Do School Counselors Exhibit Bias in Recommending Students for Advanced Coursework?

Black female students are statistically least recommended and rated as least prepared for AP Calculus by high school counselors, which has implications for their likelihood of success in the long-term.

Dania V. Francis, Angela de Oliveira, Carey Dimmitt (2019)
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The Effects of Gender Neuroessentialism on Transprejudice: An Experimental Study

Exposure to essentialist ideas that ground the male/female binary in biology may lead to more prejudice against transgender people, whereas exposure to ideas that question such essentialist claims may help counteract this prejudice.

Boby Ho-Hong Ching, Jason Teng Xu (2018)
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Women and African Americans are less influential when they express anger during group decision-making

During negotiations, expressing anger decreases influence for women and African Americans but does not decrease the influence of white men.

Jessica M. Salerno, Liana C. Peter-Hagene, Alexander C. V. Jay (2019)
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Can Simple Advice Eliminate the Gender Gap in Willingness to Compete?

Simple advice can be a powerful and effective tool in reducing gender differences in willingness to compete.

Dany Kessel, Johanna Mollerstrom, Roel van Veldhuizen (2019)
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Progress in women’s representation in top leadership weakens people’s disturbance with gender inequality in other domains

Perceiving greater women’s representation in organizations’ top leadership leads people to overgeneralize women's access to equal opportunities, which in turn predicts lower concern with ongoing gender inequality in other domains.

Oriane Georgeac, Aneeta Rattan (2019)
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Do Financial Education Interventions for Women from Poor Households Impact Their Financial Behaviors? Experimental Evidence from India

One-day financial education training programs may be cost-effective interventions for improving the financial behaviors of women from poor households. 

Aditi Bhutoria, Anna Vignoles (2018)
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The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion

The gender gap in self-promotion persists even when incentives to self-promote are removed and information about other people's average level of self-promotion is provided.

Christine L. Exley, Judd B. Kessler (2020)
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(Sex) Crime and Punishment in the #MeToo Era: How the Public Views Rape

Certain legally irrelevant features of rape (such as details relating to the victim's clothing and past criminal history) decrease respondents’ likelihood of reporting an incident and its perceived severity.

Susanne Schwarz, Dara Kay Cohen, Matthew Baum (2020)
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The Gendered Spillover Effect of Young Children's Health on Human Capital: Evidence from Turkey

In developing nations, reducing morbidity among preschool children may improve educational outcomes for their adolescent sisters by lessening childcare duties and allowing them to attend school.

Marcella M. Alsan (2017)
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The Mixed Effects of Online Diversity Training

One-off online diversity and anti-bias trainings may be effective in changing employee attitudes, but do not change behaviors in the workplace. 

Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, Dena M. Gromet, Robert W. Rebele, Cade Massey, Angela L. Duckworth, Adam M. Grant (2019)
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Do School Counselors Exhibit Bias in Recommending Students for Advanced Coursework?

Black female students are statistically least recommended and rated as least prepared for AP Calculus by high school counselors, which has implications for their likelihood of success in the long-term.

Dania V. Francis, Angela de Oliveira, Carey Dimmitt (2019)
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