Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers' Gender Bias
I study whether exposure to teacher stereotypes, as measured by the Gender-Science Implicit Association Test, affects student achievement.
I study whether exposure to teacher stereotypes, as measured by the Gender-Science Implicit Association Test, affects student achievement.
In labor markets, some individuals have, or believe to have, less data on the determinants of success than others, e.g., due to differential access to technology or role models.
Descriptive norms provide social information on others’ typical behaviors and have been shown to lead to prescriptive outcomes by “nudging” individuals towards norm compliance in numerous settings.
Descriptive norms provide social information on others’ typical behaviors and have been shown to lead to prescriptive outcomes by “nudging” individuals towards norm compliance in numerous settings.
War is an inherently social process, from the mobilization of new, armed organizations, to the relational aftershocks of violence affecting families and local communities.
This paper offers a broad overview of Black citizenship within the United States, concentrating on the major shifts in Black life that have transpired since the classical phase of the Civil Rights Mov
If individuals become aware of their stereotypes, do they change their behavior? We study this question in the context of teachers’ bias in grading immigrants and native children in middle schools.
We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system.
In this paper, we study the effects of immigration on natives’ marriage, fertility, and family formation across US cities between 1910 and 1930.
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