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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.

Gustavo J. Bobonis (2011)
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Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Providing adolescent girls with access to menstrual cups in Nepal did not increase their school attendance or performance.

Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton (2011)
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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 (2010)
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Evidence from a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups

Collective intelligence is significantly correlated to group composition, and is higher with a higher concentration of females in the group.

Anita Williams Woolley, Christopher F. Chabris, Alex Pentland, Nada Hashmi, Thomas Malone (2010)
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The Gender of Caste: Identity, Political Reservations and Access to Water Resources in Rural India

A village councilor’s caste was more salient than their gender in their decisions to determine access to water for low caste communities.

Pinar Keskin (2010)
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Normative Discrimination and the Motherhood Penalty

Highly successful mothers tend to be discriminated against in hiring and promoting decisions because they are viewed as less warm, less likeable and more interpersonally hostile.

Stephan Benard, Shelley Correll (2010)
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Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap

Female students perform significantly better in introductory math and science courses if taught by female faculty, and they are more likely to pursue majors in science, technology, engineering or math.

Scott E Carrell, Marianne E Page, James E West (2010)
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The Price of Power: Power Seeking and Backlash Against Female Politicians

When female politicians are perceived to be power-seeking, voters react negatively with feelings of moral outrage.

Tyler G. Okimoto, Victoria L Brescoll (2010)
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Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India

Strict gender norms constrain women’s entrepreneurial opportunities.

Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande (2010)
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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Increasing women’s control over assets and encouraging them to set goals leads to increased decision-making for women in households.

Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin (2010)
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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.

Gustavo J. Bobonis (2011)
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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 (2010)
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The Gender of Caste: Identity, Political Reservations and Access to Water Resources in Rural India

A village councilor’s caste was more salient than their gender in their decisions to determine access to water for low caste communities.

Pinar Keskin (2010)
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Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap

Female students perform significantly better in introductory math and science courses if taught by female faculty, and they are more likely to pursue majors in science, technology, engineering or math.

Scott E Carrell, Marianne E Page, James E West (2010)
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Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India

Strict gender norms constrain women’s entrepreneurial opportunities.

Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande (2010)
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Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Providing adolescent girls with access to menstrual cups in Nepal did not increase their school attendance or performance.

Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton (2011)
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Evidence from a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups

Collective intelligence is significantly correlated to group composition, and is higher with a higher concentration of females in the group.

Anita Williams Woolley, Christopher F. Chabris, Alex Pentland, Nada Hashmi, Thomas Malone (2010)
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Normative Discrimination and the Motherhood Penalty

Highly successful mothers tend to be discriminated against in hiring and promoting decisions because they are viewed as less warm, less likeable and more interpersonally hostile.

Stephan Benard, Shelley Correll (2010)
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The Price of Power: Power Seeking and Backlash Against Female Politicians

When female politicians are perceived to be power-seeking, voters react negatively with feelings of moral outrage.

Tyler G. Okimoto, Victoria L Brescoll (2010)
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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Increasing women’s control over assets and encouraging them to set goals leads to increased decision-making for women in households.

Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin (2010)
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