This paper develops a unified framework to synthesize the growing stream of positive
research on the role of individual decision makers in shaping observed accounting …

Gender equality is a major problem that places women at a disadvantage thereby stymieing
economic growth and societal advancement. In the last two decades, extensive research …

We study the results of a massive nationwide correspondence experiment sending more
than 83,000 fictitious applications with randomized characteristics to geographically …

We study the effect of physician workforce diversity on the demand for preventive care
among African American men. In an experiment in Oakland, California, we randomize black …

Abstract Using Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) microdata over the 1980–2010
period, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage …

Norway was the first of ten countries to legislate gender quotas for boards of publicly traded
firms. There is considerable debate and mixed evidence concerning the implications of …

Despite decades of progress, women remain underrepresented in the upper part of the
earnings distribution. We review the recent research trying to explain this phenomenon. After …

Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back
and de-biasing minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Behavioral design offers a …

Can female directors help save economies and the firms on whose boards they sit? Policy-
makers seem to think so. Numerous countries have implemented boardroom gender …

Does flexible pay increase the gender wage gap? To answer this question, we analyze the
wages of public school teachers in Wisconsin, where a 2011 reform allowed school districts …