Are Men and Women Evaluated Differently in the Labor Market?

Heather Sarsons. "Interpreting Signals in the Labor Market: Evidence from Medical Referrals." Working paper, downloaded April 2018.

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Does a person's gender influence how we interpret information about his or her ability? If a man and a woman have the same objective performance, do we nonetheless draw different conclusions about their underlying ability?

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