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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Working Paper No. 807
Verlag: 
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance, London
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper documents gender differences in social ties and develops a theory that links them to disparities in men's and women's labor market performance. Men's networks lead to better access to information, women's to higher peer pressure. Both affect effort in a model of teams, each beneficial in different environments. We find that information is particularly valuable under high uncertainty, whereas peer pressure is more valuable in the opposite case. We therefore expect men to outperform women in jobs that are characterized by high earnings uncertainty, such as the financial sector or film industry - in line with the evidence.
Schlagwörter: 
Networks
Peer pressure
Gender
Labor market outcomes
JEL: 
D85
Z13
J16
Dokumentart: 
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