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Male And Female Effort Levels: An Experimental Comparison, Joanne E. Guennewig
Male And Female Effort Levels: An Experimental Comparison, Joanne E. Guennewig
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This paper is an experimental economic study that serves two main functions. The first of these is to provide a replication of the findings of Schotter and Weigelt: that when an equal opportunity or affirmative action program is imposed, the effort levels of all employees tend to increase and not just the effort of the parties discriminated against. Secondly, this study looks into the differences between the effort levels shown by men and women in similar situations.
The hypothesis of this paper is that while the effort of all individuals is lowered in the presence of discrimination, the effort levels …