The Find: American firms have been found to follow U.S. anti-discrimination laws even when hiring in countries without regulations against bias in hiring, spreading American ideas of fair hiring practices across the world. The Source: A new study of gender and age discrimination co-written by a University...
There has been increasing concern that gender bias has prevented women from advancing as rapidly and as frequently as men into management positions. Although the number of women managers has increased, they may experience difficulty moving into upper management positions. The purpose of the research presented in this paper was...
Women have learned to think and speak in a more linear way in order to compete effectively in the business world, Andrea Learned writes in a recent Huffington Post blog entry, but maybe it's time for men to start adopting some "female" traits, such as multitasking, listening skills, emotional emphathy,...
This paper shows how models of insurance markets with asymmetric information can be calibrated and solved to yield quantitative estimates of the consequences of government regulation. The authors estimate the impact of restricting gender-based pricing in the United Kingdom retirement annuity market, a market in which individuals are required to...
This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. In a first step we elicit subjects' productivity levels. Subjects then face the choice between a fixed or a variable payment scheme. Depending on the treatment, the variable payment is either a piece rate, a...
Choosing the right radio stations from the many that are available isn't as difficult as it may seem at first. Radio divides it's audiences into age ranges (18 - 34, 18 - 49, 25 - 54, 45+ and so on) and gender (female, male and adults - choose adults if...
This paper examines pay practices in selected Public Service organisations in New Zealand and analyses how those practices might lead to gender-based pay discrimination. It is found that there is a little awareness in the departments of potential gender biases in their pay systems and that departments have limited capabilities...
Recent statistics suggest women now outnumber men. In this study, the author examines the nature of gender bias by examining Internet use in greater detail. Using the concepts of adoption width and depth that incorporate variety and intensity of use, the statistical analysis reveals that men continue to outpace women...
This paper examines how gender issues are addressed in current analyses of macro-poverty links. Among CGE models, if gender-based issues are modeled at all, they tend to be secondary in importance and often added as a special device to a standard model. However, new studies are emerging that specify more...
Much research has examined gender and age effects on compensation, concluding that a wage gap exists favoring men and negative stereotypes against older workers persist. Although the effect of an employee's gender or age has been widely studied, little work has examined the impact of the demographic characteristics of a...
This article explores the issue of gender and computer games among women in massive multiplayer online role-playing environments MMORPGs. It explores what are traditionally seen as masculine spaces and seeks to understand the variety of reasons women might participate. There is an increasing usage among female gamers who are engaging...
The Criminology and Women and the Law courses are taught in a way, which recognizes values diversity.An explicit objective of the courses is to think critically about the law. A great deal of time in both courses is spent analyzing legal claims of objectivity. The Women and the Law class...
Advertising is seen as an efficient but sometimes ineffective external influence on buyer behavior. Marketers are therefore seeking ways to make advertising more effective. This paper provides a theoretical framework explaining how ads can influence attitude and purchase intentions by activating an identity with one’s gender group. A gender group...
A century ago, the following words appeared regularly in help-wanted advertisements: respectable, sober, Protestant, etc. Today, these words are popular: enterprising person, hard-charger, 24/7 etc. The article talks about the evolution of advertisements for jobs. With the help of examples from different ages, it tries to indicate the change of...
This paper examines the environmental experiences of middle and working class whites and people of color in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. It examines their activism and how their environmental experiences influenced the kinds of discourses they developed. The paper posits that race, class, and gender...
This paper presents and tests a model that examines the impact of gender and entrepreneurial activity on entrepreneurial self-perception. Based on a sample of alumni of a large Midwestern U.S. university, regression techniques are used to identify those activities associated with self-perceptions of entrepreneurship, as well as direct and indirect...
The new head of Britain's equalities watchdog has prompted a heated row over gender equality after arguing that the extension of maternity leave has sabotaged women's job prospects. Nicola Brewer, the chief executive of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, faced criticism from union and business leaders...
The Largest Theater Event of the Year! SAN FRANCISCO -- The fifth annual San Francisco Theater Festival, a one-day free extravaganza of 100 shows on 14 stages and the largest live theater event of the year, will be held Sunday, July 27th, 11:00 am-5:00 pm. The festival presents...
This letter is in response to Michael Gearson's starry-eyed review of the movie "WALL-- E" in the July 12 Comment section. I took my 9-year-old son to see this movie the day it came out. As I bought our tickets the clerk handed my son a small package. After the...
New studies pin blame for decline on farm pesticides There may have been nothing quite like it since Mr Toad escaped from jail disguised as a washerwoman. But a century after Kenneth Grahame's 1908 classic Wind in the Willows, the warty amphibians have been found to be...
