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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Autor principal: Lommerud, Kjell Erik (author)
Outros Autores: Straume, Odd Rune (author), Vagstad, Steinar (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/23969
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/23969