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Can an Angry Woman Get Ahead?: Status Conferral, Gender, and Expression of Emotion in the Workplace

Professional women suffer negative consequences for displays of emotion in the workplace, while professional men are accorded benefits for similar behaviors.

Victoria L Brescoll, Eric Luis Uhlmann (2008)
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Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

Against their best interest, low-ability men compete too often, and high-ability women do not compete enough.

Muriel Niederle, Lise Vesterlund (2007)
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The Malleability of Men's Gender Self-Concept

Men’s self-perceptions of the degree to which they fulfill stereotypically masculine traits change when they are placed in either subordinate or superior social positions.

Cade McCall, Nilanjana Dasgupta (2007)
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Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects

Moving from poor to more affluent neighborhoods benefits adults and female youth, but has adverse effects for male youth.

Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence F. Katz (2007)
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Neighborhood and Gender Effects on Family Processes: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Program

A residential relocation program had minimal impact on the dynamics of participating families, though families who relocated to low poverty neighborhoods display harsher parenting practices toward their daughters.

Tama Leventhal, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (2005)
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Gender Picture Priming: It Works With Denotative and Connotative Primes

Physical objects and words encountered in every-day life evoke social meanings around gender.

Kristi M. Lemm, Marilyn Dabady, Mahzarin R Banaji (2005)
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Seeing is Believing: Exposure to Counterstereotypic Women Leaders and its Effect on the Malleability of Automatic Gender Stereotyping

Women who are exposed to female leaders – in naturally occurring environments or in laboratory settings – exhibit fewer automatic stereotypes about women as a group.

Nilanjana Dasgupta, Shaki Asgari (2004)
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Gender, Perceived Competence, and Power Displays: Examining Verbal Interruptions in a Group Context

Both men and women display power in groups by interrupting speakers when the groups are predominantly male, though not in female-dominated groups.

Leonard Karakowsky, Kenneth McBey, Diane L Miller (2004)
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How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect Union Formation among Low-Income Single Mothers

Welfare payments to single mothers in Canada with children had opposite effects in different provinces on marriage and cohabitation decisions, suggesting social norms overrode economic incentives.

Kristen Harknett, Lisa A Gennetian (2003)
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Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences

Women perform worse than men in competitive environments, even if they are able to perform similarly to men in the absence of competition.

Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle, Aldo Rustichini (2003)
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Can an Angry Woman Get Ahead?: Status Conferral, Gender, and Expression of Emotion in the Workplace

Professional women suffer negative consequences for displays of emotion in the workplace, while professional men are accorded benefits for similar behaviors.

Victoria L Brescoll, Eric Luis Uhlmann (2008)
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The Malleability of Men's Gender Self-Concept

Men’s self-perceptions of the degree to which they fulfill stereotypically masculine traits change when they are placed in either subordinate or superior social positions.

Cade McCall, Nilanjana Dasgupta (2007)
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Neighborhood and Gender Effects on Family Processes: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Program

A residential relocation program had minimal impact on the dynamics of participating families, though families who relocated to low poverty neighborhoods display harsher parenting practices toward their daughters.

Tama Leventhal, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (2005)
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Seeing is Believing: Exposure to Counterstereotypic Women Leaders and its Effect on the Malleability of Automatic Gender Stereotyping

Women who are exposed to female leaders – in naturally occurring environments or in laboratory settings – exhibit fewer automatic stereotypes about women as a group.

Nilanjana Dasgupta, Shaki Asgari (2004)
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How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect Union Formation among Low-Income Single Mothers

Welfare payments to single mothers in Canada with children had opposite effects in different provinces on marriage and cohabitation decisions, suggesting social norms overrode economic incentives.

Kristen Harknett, Lisa A Gennetian (2003)
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Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

Against their best interest, low-ability men compete too often, and high-ability women do not compete enough.

Muriel Niederle, Lise Vesterlund (2007)
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Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects

Moving from poor to more affluent neighborhoods benefits adults and female youth, but has adverse effects for male youth.

Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence F. Katz (2007)
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Gender Picture Priming: It Works With Denotative and Connotative Primes

Physical objects and words encountered in every-day life evoke social meanings around gender.

Kristi M. Lemm, Marilyn Dabady, Mahzarin R Banaji (2005)
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Gender, Perceived Competence, and Power Displays: Examining Verbal Interruptions in a Group Context

Both men and women display power in groups by interrupting speakers when the groups are predominantly male, though not in female-dominated groups.

Leonard Karakowsky, Kenneth McBey, Diane L Miller (2004)
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Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences

Women perform worse than men in competitive environments, even if they are able to perform similarly to men in the absence of competition.

Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle, Aldo Rustichini (2003)
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