Publications

2016
Working Paper

PathBreakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation

By: Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras and Lakshmi Iyer

We investigate whether the event of a woman being competitively elected as a state legislator encourages the subsequent political participation of women, using a regression discontinuity design on constituency level data from India. We find that female incumbents are... View Details

Keywords: Political Participation; Women; Candidates; Gender Bias; Backlash; Minority Representation; Regression Discontinuity; India; Prejudice and Bias; Political Elections; Gender; Public Administration Industry; India

SSRN

26 Apr 2021
News

A High-Profile Gender Discrimination Case Pushed VC Firms to Hire More Women. It’s Hardly Helped Female Entrepreneurs.

Research Summary

Overview

Laura's research interests include identity development and expression, particularly for emerging leaders and non-prototypical populations. View Details

Keywords: Identity; Mentoring; Gender; Leadership Development

18 May 2023
Video

Mabel Abraham presents "Gender-Based Double Standards in Defining High Status: How Educational Status Shapes the Gender Pay Gap"

18 May 2023
Video

Robin J. Ely and Lakshmi Ramarajan Deliver Opening Remarks at the 2023 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium - Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal

Article

Scandal, Social Movement, and Change: Evidence from #MeToo in Hollywood

By: Hong Luo and Laurina Zhang

Social movements have the potential to effect change in firm decision-making. In this paper, we examine whether the #MeToo movement, spurred by the Harvey Weinstein scandal, led to changes in the likelihood of Hollywood producers working with female writers on new... View Details

Keywords: Gender Inequality; Social Movement; Scandal; Creative Industries; Project Selection; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Film Entertainment; Projects; Change

July 2020
Supplement

Board Diversity at Amazon (B): The Board's Decision

By: Aiyesha Dey and Anu Atluru

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Diversity; Gender

Purchase

October 2019
Supplement

Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)

By: George Serafeim

The (B) case describes Tingle and Pierre-Jacques’ decision to commit fully to Harlem Capital as their post-graduation job. The case explores the results of their fundraising efforts, new strategic partnerships, and how they plan to “build the market” in order to... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Gender Bias; Gender Inequality; Minority Representation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Investment Management; Investing; Inequality; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Equity; Mission and Purpose; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry

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October 30, 2021
Editorial

How Men and Women Treat Deadlines in the Workplace Differently

By: A.V. Whillans and Grant Donnelly

Women are less likely to ask for extensions. That hurts women—and the companies they work for. View Details

Keywords: Gender Differences; Workplace Context; Extension Request; Gender; Time Management

01 Aug 2020
News

"In a Hurry from a Young Age"

Keywords: women in business; gender bias; healthcare; change leadership; gender diversity; workplace diversity; New Zealand

2023
Panel: Fostering Deep Connections Across Racial Differences

Tina Opie & Beth Livingston present "Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work"

05 Jul 2015
News

Ten Questions

Keywords: career advice; gender diversity; business school; networking

Video

Danya Lagos presents "Has There Been a Transgender Tipping Point? Gender Identification Differences in U.S. Cohorts Born Between 1935 and 2001"

18 May 2023
Video

Tina Opie & Beth Livingston present "Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work"

Mabel Abraham presents "Gender-Based Double Standards in Defining High Status: How Educational Status Shapes the Gender Pay Gap" (Flash Talk)

June 2019
Article

Learning From Mum: Cross-National Evidence Linking Maternal Employment and Adult Children’s Outcomes

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Mayra Ruiz Castro and Elizabeth Long Lingo

Analyses relying on two international surveys from over 100,000 men and women across 29 countries explore the relationship between maternal employment and adult daughters’ and sons’ employment and domestic outcomes. In the employment sphere, adult daughters, but not... View Details

Keywords: Female Labor Force Participation; Gender Attitudes; Household Labor; Maternal Employment; Social Class; Social Learning Theory; Social Mobility; Employment; Gender; Attitudes; Household; Labor; Learning; Outcome or Result

May 2018
Article

Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations

By: Christine L. Exley

Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce concerns about appearing greedy and crowd out the motivation to volunteer? Since the importance of such image concerns is normally unobserved, the answer is theoretically unclear, and corresponding... View Details

Keywords: Incentives; Image Motivation; Volunteer; Prosocial Behavior; Altruism; Gender; Reputations; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Perception; Reputation