Arbeitspapier
Socially gainful gender quotas
We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals' formation of human capital is influenced by the prospect of landing high-pay top positions, and that these positions are regulated by gender-specific quotas. In the absence of quotas, women consider their chances of getting top positions to be lower than men's. The lure of top positions induces even men of relatively low ability to engage in human capital formation, whereas women of relatively high ability do not expect to get top positions and do not therefore engage in human capital formation. Gender quotas discourage men who are less efficient in forming human capital, and encourage women who are more efficient in forming human capital. We provide a condition under which the net result of the institution of gender quotas is an increase in human capital in the economy as a whole.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance ; No. 71
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Firm Behavior: Theory
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Labor Discrimination: General
Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
- Thema
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Gender quotas
Affirmative action
Human capital formation
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Stark, Oded
Hyll, Walter
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
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Tübingen
- (wann)
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2014
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-520596
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Stark, Oded
- Hyll, Walter
- University of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Entstanden
- 2014
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