Preferences for Gender Diversity in High-Profile Jobs

Celina Högn, Lea Mayer, Johannes Rincke and Erwin Winkler

No 11732, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

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.

Keywords: gender diversity; gender differences; preferences; willingness to pay; stated choice experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 J31 J33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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