Women are underrepresented in patenting. In this study, we consider differential
responsiveness to rejection as a contributor to the gender gap in invention. Leveraging the …

This study investigates whether an increase in the demand for nonconventional work
schedules helps explain the gender gap in career advancement. We look at employees of …

The practice of recruiting job candidates sourced through social contacts (ie, referrals) is
pervasive in the labor market. One reason employers prefer to recruit through referrals is that …

Women are underrepresented in many prestigious positions. Could increasing the share of
women in hiring committees boost the rates at which women are hired into these positions? I …

Cultural industries help build creativity-based economies and stimulate worldwide cultural
interchanges, but this process faces constraints. One such constraint is unequal treatment of …

A substantial body of research examines the relevance of hiring as a source of gender
disparities in organizations. However, there is limited evidence on how different sets of key …

Drawing on gender role and gender queuing theories, we employ a multi‐stage process
model to investigate demand‐and supply‐side drivers of gender promotion gaps and to …

This study investigates whether the success of salary history bans could be limited by job-
seekers volunteering their salaries unprompted. We survey American workers in 2019 and …

In many industries trainees may seek careers different from their mentors and, anecdotally,
mentors treat such trainees less well. We test whether a trainee's career intentions causally …

Gender differences in application behavior can contribute to gender inequality in hiring
outcomes. People are unlikely to be selected for jobs if they do not put themselves forward to …