Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/150044 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 303
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes gender differences in access to competitive positions. We implement an experiment where workers can apply for a job promotion by sending a signal to their employer. We control for gender differences in anticipation of discrimination in a treatment where a computer randomly recruits. Discriminatory behavior by the employer is isolated in a treatment where workers cannot send signals. We find that gender disparity among promoted workers is highest when workers can apply for promotion and employers recruit. Strikingly, the gender composition in competitive position is balanced in the absence of a signaling institution. When signaling is possible, we observe that female workers who do not request a promotion are discriminated against.
Subjects: 
experiment
discrimination
gender differences
real effort
JEL: 
C9
J24
J70
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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