Does Gender Matter for Leaders' Behavior and Effectiveness? Insights from A Field Experiment
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Keywords
leadership; behavior; gender; RC;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2025-06-23 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2025-06-23 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LMA-2025-06-23 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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