Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?
Published By: BREAD on eSS | Published Date: August, 22 , 2008Random assignment of gender quotas across Indian village councils to investigate
whether having a female chief councillor affects public opinion towards female leaders is analysed . Villagers who have never been required to have a female leader prefer male leaders and perceive hypothetical female leaders as less effective than their male counterparts, when stated performance is identical.
Author(s): Petia Topalova, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, Lori Beaman, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay | Posted on: Aug 22, 2008 | Views(1991) | Download (1237)