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Decision Making

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Decision Making

Employers, communities, and households benefit when women have greater opportunity and agency. However, Women are typically under-represented in decision making positions across the world. Examine how gender affects decision-making and discover the procedures that help all people become better decision makers.

Compared to men, women view professional advancement as equally attainable, but less desirable

Women have a higher number of life goals than men, though a smaller proportion of these goals involves achieving power at work. Women also find high-level positions just as attainable but much less desirable than men, anticipating more negative outcomes and greater conflict with other life goals.

Francesca Gino, Caroline Ashley Wilmuth, Alison Wood Brooks (2015)

Creativity from Constraint? How the Political Correctness Norm Influences Creativity in Mixed-sex Work Groups

Setting politically correct norms helps promote the free expression of ideas in mixed-sex work groups by reducing anxiety about sharing potentially offensive ideas.

Jack A. Goncalo, Jennifer A Chatman, Michelle Duguid, Jessica A. Kennedy (2015)

How Stereotypes Impair Women’s Careers in Science

Both male and female employers are less likely to hire women for arithmetic tasks, even though both genders perform equally well. This gap persists even when employers receive information about the candidate’s past performance.

Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales (2014)

Signaling Threat: How Situational Cues Affect Women In Math, Science, And Engineering Settings

When female math, science, and engineering students view situations in which they are the minority, they experience more physiological and cognitive vigilance and a lower sense of belonging.

Mary C. Murphy, Claude M. Steele, James J. Gross (2007)

Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions

A business skills training program for female microfinance clients in Peru had little effect improving business performance and did not increase women’s decision making power at home.

Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (2011)

Risk in the Background: How Men and Women Respond

While generally women are more risk averse than men, when women have even small amount of income, they are more willing to take future risks. Instead, men increase their risk-taking after winning, even if the odds do not favor them subsequently.

Alexandra van Geen (2013)

Exploring gendered behavior in the field with experiments: Why public goods are provided by women in a Nairobi slum

Kenyan women are more likely to contribute funds to the greater public good in environments absent of gender and ethnic diversity.

Fiona Greig, Iris Bohnet (2009)

Gender Differences In Competition: Evidence From A Matrilineal And A Patriarchal Society

Women are less competitive than men in patriarchal societies, but this result reverses in matrilineal societies, where women are more competitive than men.

Uri Gneezy, Kenneth L Leonard, John A List (2009)

Identifying Judicial Empathy: Does Having Daughters Cause Judges to Rule for Women’s Issues?

Judges with daughters vote more often in a feminist direction on gender related cases.

Adam Glynn, Maya Sen (2014)

Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China

Formal employment reduces fertility rates for women in China.

Hai Fang, Karen Eggleston, John Rizzo, Richard Zeckhauser (2012)

Topic Overview

Decision Making

Creativity from Constraint? How the Political Correctness Norm Influences Creativity in Mixed-sex Work Groups

Setting politically correct norms helps promote the free expression of ideas in mixed-sex work groups by reducing anxiety about sharing potentially offensive ideas.

Jack A. Goncalo, Jennifer A Chatman, Michelle Duguid, Jessica A. Kennedy (2015)

Signaling Threat: How Situational Cues Affect Women In Math, Science, And Engineering Settings

When female math, science, and engineering students view situations in which they are the minority, they experience more physiological and cognitive vigilance and a lower sense of belonging.

Mary C. Murphy, Claude M. Steele, James J. Gross (2007)

Risk in the Background: How Men and Women Respond

Alexandra van Geen (2013)

Gender Differences In Competition: Evidence From A Matrilineal And A Patriarchal Society

Women are less competitive than men in patriarchal societies, but this result reverses in matrilineal societies, where women are more competitive than men.

Uri Gneezy, Kenneth L Leonard, John A List (2009)

Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China

Formal employment reduces fertility rates for women in China.

Hai Fang, Karen Eggleston, John Rizzo, Richard Zeckhauser (2012)

Compared to men, women view professional advancement as equally attainable, but less desirable

Francesca Gino, Caroline Ashley Wilmuth, Alison Wood Brooks (2015)

How Stereotypes Impair Women’s Careers in Science

Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales (2014)

Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions

A business skills training program for female microfinance clients in Peru had little effect improving business performance and did not increase women’s decision making power at home.

Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (2011)

Exploring gendered behavior in the field with experiments: Why public goods are provided by women in a Nairobi slum

Kenyan women are more likely to contribute funds to the greater public good in environments absent of gender and ethnic diversity.

Fiona Greig, Iris Bohnet (2009)

Identifying Judicial Empathy: Does Having Daughters Cause Judges to Rule for Women’s Issues?

Judges with daughters vote more often in a feminist direction on gender related cases.

Adam Glynn, Maya Sen (2014)

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