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Compensation

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Compensation

In every country in the world, a significant gender wage gap exists and persists. What can policymakers and organizations do to ensure women get fairly compensated for their work? Discover groundbreaking research that lends insight into what causes – and closes – the global gender wage gap.

Relief Versus Regret: The Effect of Gender and Negotiating Norm Ambiguity on Reactions to Having One’s First Offer Accepted

Women experience more relief following the acceptance of their first offer in an employment negotiation than men.

Laura Kray, Michele Gelfand (2009)

Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance

Improved economic conditions for women in China increase girls’ survival and children’s educational attainment.

Nancy Qian (2008)

Can an Angry Woman Get Ahead?: Status Conferral, Gender, and Expression of Emotion in the Workplace

Professional women suffer negative consequences for displays of emotion in the workplace, while professional men are accorded benefits for similar behaviors.

Victoria L Brescoll, Eric Luis Uhlmann (2008)

Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

Against their best interest, low-ability men compete too often, and high-ability women do not compete enough.

Muriel Niederle, Lise Vesterlund (2007)

Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences

Women perform worse than men in competitive environments, even if they are able to perform similarly to men in the absence of competition.

Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle, Aldo Rustichini (2003)

Topic Overview

Compensation

Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance

Improved economic conditions for women in China increase girls’ survival and children’s educational attainment.

Nancy Qian (2008)

Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

Against their best interest, low-ability men compete too often, and high-ability women do not compete enough.

Muriel Niederle, Lise Vesterlund (2007)

Relief Versus Regret: The Effect of Gender and Negotiating Norm Ambiguity on Reactions to Having One’s First Offer Accepted

Women experience more relief following the acceptance of their first offer in an employment negotiation than men.

Laura Kray, Michele Gelfand (2009)

Can an Angry Woman Get Ahead?: Status Conferral, Gender, and Expression of Emotion in the Workplace

Professional women suffer negative consequences for displays of emotion in the workplace, while professional men are accorded benefits for similar behaviors.

Victoria L Brescoll, Eric Luis Uhlmann (2008)

Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences

Women perform worse than men in competitive environments, even if they are able to perform similarly to men in the absence of competition.

Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle, Aldo Rustichini (2003)

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