Mommy Tracks and Public Policy: On Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Gender Gaps in Promotion

Kjell Lommerud () and Steinar Vagstad

Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen from Department of Economics, University of Bergen

Abstract: Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to a women meeting tougher promotion standards than men.

Keywords: HOUSEHOLD; SEX DISCRIMINATION; PROMOTION; LABOUR MARKET (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J16 J22 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2000
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