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...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Outros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | article |
| Idioma: | eng |
| Publicado em: |
2015
|
| Assuntos: | |
| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/38020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/38020 |