Scaling Down Inequality: Rating Scales, Gender Bias, and the Architecture of Evaluation
In male-dominated fields, quantitative performance ratings for judging a professor’s merit elicit more gender bias when ratings are assessed on a 10-point scale than when assessed on a 6-point scale.
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.
(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.
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.
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
It's fair for us: Diversity structures cause women to legitimize discrimination
The presence of diversity programs (such as diversity training or affirmative action) makes it more difficult for women to detect sexism, than when diversity structures are absent.
Laura M. Brady,
Cheryl R. Kaiser,
Brenda Major,
Teri A. Kirby
Don’t Pitch Like a Girl!: How Gender Stereotypes Influence Investor Decisions
Entrepreneurs displaying stereotypically “feminine” behaviors during venture capital “elevator pitch competitions” are less likely to be selected as finalists regardless of actual gender.
Lakshmi Balachandra,
Tony Briggs,
Kim Eddleston,
Candida Brush
Do mentoring, information, and nudge reduce the gender gap in economics majors?
Initiatives providing mentoring, additional information, and nudges to encourage more female economics majors have a greater effect on female students with above-median grades, increasing their likelihood of majoring in economics.
Scaling Down Inequality: Rating Scales, Gender Bias, and the Architecture of Evaluation
In male-dominated fields, quantitative performance ratings for judging a professor’s merit elicit more gender bias when ratings are assessed on a 10-point scale than when assessed on a 6-point scale.
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.
Don’t Pitch Like a Girl!: How Gender Stereotypes Influence Investor Decisions
Entrepreneurs displaying stereotypically “feminine” behaviors during venture capital “elevator pitch competitions” are less likely to be selected as finalists regardless of actual gender.
Lakshmi Balachandra,
Tony Briggs,
Kim Eddleston,
Candida Brush
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.
(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.
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
It's fair for us: Diversity structures cause women to legitimize discrimination
The presence of diversity programs (such as diversity training or affirmative action) makes it more difficult for women to detect sexism, than when diversity structures are absent.
Laura M. Brady,
Cheryl R. Kaiser,
Brenda Major,
Teri A. Kirby
Do mentoring, information, and nudge reduce the gender gap in economics majors?
Initiatives providing mentoring, additional information, and nudges to encourage more female economics majors have a greater effect on female students with above-median grades, increasing their likelihood of majoring in economics.