Breaking Gender Barriers: Experimental Evidence on Men in Pink-Collar Jobs

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Delfino, Alexia
• 署名单位: Bocconi University; Bocconi University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20220582
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 1816-1853
• 关键词: labor-market; financial incentives; field experiment; social identity; ECONOMICS; COMPETITION; performance; education; demand; DISCRIMINATION

摘要

I investigate men's limited entry into female -dominated sectors through a large-scale field experiment. The design exogenously varies recruitment messages by showing photographs of current workers ( male or female ) and providing information on the share of workers who received high evaluations in the past ( higher or lower ) . A male photograph has no impact on men's applications, but informing about a lower share of high evaluations encourages men to apply and enables the employer to hire and retain more talented men. The impact of this informational intervention remains positive for the employer also accounting for its effects on female applicants and hires.