Mommy tracks and public policy: on self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps in promotion
Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track 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 promotion standards for women. If employers...
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| Format: | workingPaper |
| Language: | eng |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/23969 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/23969 |