In a series of experiments, involving over 4000 participants, we find that women evaluate their performance less favorably than equally performing men. Given the prevalence of self-evaluations in applications, interviews, and performance reviews, this gender gap may have important implications for educational and labor market outcomes.
We examine “conversational receptiveness” – the use of language to communicate one’s willingness to thoughtfully engage with opposing views. We develop an interpretable machine- learning algorithm to identify the linguistic profile of receptiveness (Studies 1A-B). We then show that in...
The United States is currently engaged in a time of rebirth, a “great awakening.” Citizens across the world are leading the charge in critical mass against the intolerance of racial injustice. Ignited by the murder of George Floyd,...
Nudges are popular types of interventions. Recent years have seen the rise of `norm-nudges' - nudges whose mechanism of action relies on social norms, inducing or changing social expectations. Norm-nudges can be powerful interventions, but they can also fail to be effective and even backfire unless they are designed with care. I highlight important...