Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability

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 t...

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Published in:The American economic review Vol. 107; no. 3; pp. 714 - 747
Main Authors: Babcock, Linda, Recalde, Maria P, Vesterlund, Lise, Weingart, Laurie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Nashville American Economic Association 01.03.2017
Subjects:
Altruism
Arbeitskraft
Arbeitsplatzangebot
Congressional committees
Curricula
Erwerbsverlauf
Experiment
Females
Frau
Gender differences
Gender equality
Gender segregation
Hochschulinstitut
Investment decisions
Investment rates
Labor market
Men
Organizational behavior
Psychological aspects
Securities sales
Sexual division of labor
Standard error
Studies
Volunteerism
Volunteers
Wissenschaftler
Women
United States > US
ISSN:0002-8282, 1944-7981
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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.
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ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981
DOI:10.1257/aer.20141734