Mommy tracks and public policy: on self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in hiring and promotion

Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of hiring a worker to a fasttrack job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to higher hiring or promotion standards for women. If emp...

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Main Author: Lommerud, Kjell Erik (author)
Other Authors: Straume, Odd Rune (author), Vagstad, Steinar (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/38020
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/38020