Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314745 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11706
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
Women often find themselves in teams that hinder their productivity and earnings. We analyze the role of homophily and gender stereotypes in preferences for team formation and examine the effect of information on changing these preferences. We find that women are expected to perform better in female-type tasks (such as text and emotion-recognition). However, people prefer forming teams with their same gender. Our findings suggest that information can mitigate -but it does not eliminate- the influence of homophily on team formation.
Subjects: 
gender differences
expectations
collaboration
network formation
team production
JEL: 
C91
D03
D60
D81
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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