Gender-science Implicit Association and Employment Decisions

Francesca Gioia (francesca.gioia@unimi.it) and Giovanni Immordino
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Francesca Gioia: Università degli Studi di Milano

CSEF Working Papers from Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy

Abstract: In this paper, we document that implicit associations, measured by the gender-science implicit association test, explain employment decisions, both in terms of access to the labour market and in terms of career advancement. In both cases, when choosing between a female and a male worker with the same ex-ante ability, the higher the male-science implicit association of the employer, the higher her/his likelihood of hiring/promoting a male intentionally and the lower her/his likelihood of leaving the decision to chance. Increasing the incentives to employers does not vary the effect of implicit gender-science association which is also not heterogeneous by gender, age or income earned.

Keywords: Gender; Labor discrimination; Implicit Association. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-11
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