Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316846 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11732
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
This paper examines preferences for gender diversity among co-workers. Using stated-choice experiments with 5,400 PhD students and university students in Germany, we uncover a substantial willingness to pay (WTP) for gender diversity of up to 5% of earnings on average. Importantly, we find that women have a much higher WTP for gender diversity than men. While the WTP differs by career ambition, competitiveness, and family preferences, we find that gender differences in traits and preferences cannot explain gender differences in the WTP for diversity. Our findings provide an explanation for differential sorting of men and women into high-profile jobs based on the share of female co-workers.
Subjects: 
gender diversity
gender differences
preferences
willingness to pay
stated choice experiment
JEL: 
J16
J24
J31
J33
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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