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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

The Gender Minority Gaps in Confidence and Self-Evaluations

By: Billur Aksoy, Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
An increasing share of the population identifies as something other than male or female. Yet, we know very little about the economic preferences and beliefs of gender minorities. In this paper, we document a “gender minority gap” in confidence and in self-evaluations.... View Details
Keywords: Self-evaluation; Confidence; Gender; Identity; Perception; Income
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For

By: Christine L. Exley and Kirby Nielsen
We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (e.g., employers) hold about men and women. If evaluators fail to account for the confidence gap, it may cause overly pessimistic views about women. Alternatively, if evaluators expect... View Details
Keywords: Confidence; Experiments; Gender; Perception; Values and Beliefs; Performance Evaluation; Analysis
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  • 08 Jul 2021
  • News

Inventor Gender Gap Means Women Have Lost Out on 6,500 Inventions

  • 21 Dec 2010
  • News

An Effort to Close the Gender Gap

Keywords: Finance
  • January 2022
  • Article

Determinants of Gender Differences in Change in Pay among Job-Switching Executives

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Eric Lin
The authors investigate what determines differences in change in pay between men and women executives who move to new employers. Using proprietary data of 2,034 executive placements from a global search firm, the authors observe narrower pay differences between men and... View Details
Keywords: Executive Pay; Executive Labor Market; Gender Pay Gap; External Recruitment; Executive Compensation; Gender; Human Capital
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  • 23 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

FabioFilzi Key aspects of corporate sponsorship programs, while designed to advance women’s careers, may end up widening the gender gap rather than narrowing it, according to new experimental research.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Jan 2021
  • News

How Iceland Is Closing the Gender Wage Gap

  • 17 Oct 2022
  • News

How Companies Can Tackle The Gender Burnout Gap

  • Web

Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity

Pathways to Inclusive Entrepreneurship Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist Entrepreneurship is the path of choice for many Harvard Business School alumni. Drawing on the most recent Life... View Details
  • 07 Feb 2020
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap

Keywords: by Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
  • Article

The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores

By: Katherine B. Coffman and David Klinowski
Multiple-choice exams play a critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test-takers. We consider data from a... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Standardized Testing; Gender; Higher Education; Prejudice and Bias
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  • 17 Sep 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores

Keywords: by Katherine B. Coffman and David Klinowski; Education
  • September 2024
  • Article

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers During COVID-19

By: Livia Alfonsi, Mary Namubiru and Sara Spaziani
We investigate gender disparities in the effect of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of skilled Ugandan workers. Leveraging a high-frequency panel dataset, we find that the lockdowns imposed in Uganda reduced employment by 69% for women and by 45% for men,... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Wage Gap; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Employment; Wages; Uganda
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  • 02 Jun 2017
  • News

Venture capital’s gender gap is costly for firms and the economy

  • 13 Jun 2024
  • News

Studies Highlight Gender and Race-Based Gaps in Patent Applications

  • Fall 2021
  • Article

Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Eric Lin
Changing employers has been linked to larger pay increases for executives and managers. Although survey-based studies suggest that men gain more than women, an analysis of more than 2,000 job moves found that executive women are commanding bigger increases than men... View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Gender; Equality and Inequality
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  • June 2013
  • Article

Dysfunction in the Boardroom: Understanding the Persistent Gender Gap at the Highest Levels

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
The article examines the gender gap that is present in boardrooms in U.S. corporations and internationally in 2013 as more women attempt to reach executive-level positions. Countries in the European Union are attempting to institute laws regarding the minimum... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Governing and Advisory Boards; Gender; United States; European Union
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  • 2009
  • Article

Shedding Light on the Gender Gap through Randomized Field Studies

By: Connie Chen, Felipe Kast and Dina D. Pomeranz
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  • 20 Apr 2015
  • News

Chelsea Clinton on Using Data to Eliminate the Gender Gap

  • March 2022
  • Teaching Note

Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham

By: Katherine Coffman and Olivia Hull
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 921-006, “Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham." This case invites students to explore the individual and structural factors that lead to an under-representation of women in male-dominated domains, and to think critically about... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion; Gender Gap; Gender Inclusivity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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