Replication data for: Gender Differences in Accepting and Receiving Requests for Tasks with Low Promotability

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Linda Babcock; Maria P. Recalde; Lise Vesterlund; Laurie Weingart

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Project Citation:

Babcock, Linda, Recalde, Maria P., Vesterlund, Lise, and Weingart, Laurie. Replication data for: Gender Differences in Accepting and Receiving Requests for Tasks with Low Promotability. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113029V1

Project Description

Summary: Gender differences in task allocations may sustain vertical gender segregation in labor markets. We examine the allocation of a task that everyone prefers be completed by someone else (writing a report, serving on a committee, etc.) and find evidence that women, more than men, volunteer, are asked to volunteer, and accept requests to volunteer for such tasks. Beliefs that women, more than men, say yes to tasks with low promotability appear as an important driver of these differences. If women hold tasks that are less promotable than those held by men, then women will progress more slowly in organizations.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J44 Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
      J71 Labor Discrimination
      M12 Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
      M51 Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions

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