The effects of age and family constraints on gender hiring discrimination: A field experiment in the French financial sector

Petit, Pascale

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2006.01.006

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“…Petit (2007) states that, although the contingent of women working in the sector has increased, there are still differences between the genders in terms of salaries and working conditions. However, little is known about the specific experiences of women working in the sector, especially in terms of their construction of meaning, the factors that attract them to it and ensure they stay, and the peculiarities of their day-to-day.…”

Section: Work In the Financial Marketsmentioning

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“…The choice of these particular professionals to be the object of the study was based on the fact that they represent a minority group whose professional activities are carried out in a primarily male-dominated sector (Petit, 2007). The study sought to understand what attracts women to this male-dominated Julianna Gripp Spinelli-de-Sá, Ana Heloisa da Costa Lemos, Flávia de Souza Costa Neves Cavazotte segment, one that has a propensity to sexism and discrimination (Richman, Vandellen, & Wood, 2011), as well as to understand the foundations on which these professionals build meaning in relation to their work.…”

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Making a Career in a Male-Dominated Field: The Meaning of Work for Women Employed in the Financial Markets

Spinelli-De-Sá

Lemos

Cavazotte

2017

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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Este artigo pode ser copiado, distribuído, exibido, transmitido ou adaptado desde que citados, de forma clara e explícita, o nome da revista, a edição, o ano e as páginas nas quais o artigo foi publicado originalmente, mas sem sugerir que a RAM endosse a reutilização do artigo. Esse termo de licenciamento deve ser explicitado para os casos de reutilização ou distribuição para terceiros. Não é permitido o uso para fins comerciais. JULIANNA GRIPP SPINELLI-DE-SÁFaculdade CNEC de Rio das Ostras, Rio das Ostras -RJ, Brazil. ANA HELOISA DA COSTA LEMOSPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro -RJ, Brazil. FLÁVIA DE SOUZA COSTA NEVES CAVAZOTTEPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro -RJ, Brazil.To cite this paper: Spinelli-de-Sá, J. G., Lemos, A. H. C., & Cavazotte, F. (2017). Making a career in a male-dominated field: the meaning of work for women employed in the financial markets. Originality/value: Despite the significant academic production about gender, few studies investigate the meaning women attribute to their work activities or analyze the main building elements in the subjective connection between women and a masculine work environment. This study, therefore, extends the literature on gender issues and labor relations, in addition to analyzing the achievements and challenges inherent in the professional choices of women in the contemporary world. Design/methodology/approach: The research was conducted by means of in-depth interviews with 16 women, at different ages and several family structures, who work on asset managers, investment brokers and investment banks. Content analysis was applied to the textual data to interpret and make inferences, using a priori coding. Findings: Data analysis identified that, for these professionals, meaning attribution occurs through the mechanisms of self-esteem, self-efficacy, purpose and belongingness, which are viable due to the success they conquered in a very competitive work environment. Other factors, such as the high incomes earned by the interviewees, also have an important role in the meaning they attribute to their work. KEYWORDSMeaning of work. Subjectivity. Women in men's occupations. Gender. Financial Market.Making a career in a male-dominated field: the meaning of work for women employed in the financial markets Revista de

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Section: Work In the Financial Marketsmentioning

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Making a Career in a Male-Dominated Field: The Meaning of Work for Women Employed in the Financial Markets

Spinelli-De-Sá

Lemos

Cavazotte

2017

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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“…Correspondence experiments to test for hiring discrimination on such grounds as ethnicity, gender, beauty and sexual orientation have been extensively used and refined during the last decade [1,6,12,31,36]. Within these field experiments, pairs of fictitious written job applications are sent to real job openings.…”

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Wage subsidies and hiring chances for the disabled: some causal evidence

Baert

2014

Eur J Health Econ

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We evaluate the effectiveness of wage subsidies as a policy instrument to integrate disabled individuals into the labour market. To identify causal effects, we conduct a large-scale field experiment in Belgium. Our results show that the likelihood of a disabled candidate receiving a positive response to a job application is not positively influenced by revealing entitlement to the Flemish Supporting Subsidy

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“…However, if the distaste for the Roma population is high enough, employers will prefer not to employ Roma workers in their firms. A few studies test discrimination through surveys that isolate and evaluate Becker's (1957; theory regarding ethnicity (Riach and Rich, 1991;Bertrand and Mullainathan, 2004;Carlsson, and Rooth, 2007;Drydakis and Vlassis, 2010), sex (Riach and Rich, 1995;Petit, 2007), sexual orientation (Weichselbaumer, 2003;Drydakis, 2009;Drydakis, 2011a), health (Drydakis, 2010a;Drydakis, 2010b) and religious affiliation (Drydakis, 2010c). All these studies confirm that distastes against minority groups take place in the labor market.…”

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Roma women in Athenian firms: do they face wage bias?

Drydakis¹

2012

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu In the current study, we analyze the effect of having a Roma background on women's wages. By utilizing the Athens Area Study random sample (2007-08) drawn from 16 multiethnic municipalities in which Roma live, we estimate that 66.1% of the wage differential between Roma and non-Roma female workers cannot be explained by differences in observed characteristics. Prejudices against Roma women are discussed and appear to explain the wage gap found here. The occupational segregation of the Roma in low-paid jobs and employers' statistical motivations are also found to influence wages earned by Roma. This study concludes that there is a need for better implementations of existing laws, rules and regulations which would counter the discrimination of minority women in the labor market. In addition, a better means of assessing workers' skill may contribute to the reduction of wage discrimination, as well as, greater educational achievement would significantly boost the economic status of Roma women. In its use of a random Roma sample and multivariate analysis, this study is a methodological advancement over previous studies of Roma employment, and it could inspire new efforts to compare wages by Roma background. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SJEL Classification: J31, J71, J15, C13, C81

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The effects of age and family constraints on gender hiring discrimination: A field experiment in the French financial sector

Cited by 180 publications

References 14 publications

Making a Career in a Male-Dominated Field: The Meaning of Work for Women Employed in the Financial Markets

Making a Career in a Male-Dominated Field: The Meaning of Work for Women Employed in the Financial Markets

Wage subsidies and hiring chances for the disabled: some causal evidence

Roma women in Athenian firms: do they face wage bias?

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