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Gender Diversity and Productive Signaling in the Workplace

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  • Ferdinand A. von Siemens

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This theoretical paper explores the effects of gender diversity in the workplace. The key assumption is that workers of one gender want to signal the possession of favorable characteristics to their colleagues of the other gender. The analysis suggests that the presence of the other gender weakly increases production, that it has no effects if there are strong material incentives, and that it might influence only the behavior of workers who have desirable characteristics. Further, some gender diversity maximizes group effort if men and women have similar expected characteristics.

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  • Ferdinand A. von Siemens, 2021. "Gender Diversity and Productive Signaling in the Workplace," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 177(4), pages 477-501.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:jinste:urn:doi:10.1628/jite-2021-0016
    DOI: 10.1628/jite-2021-0016
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    Keywords

    gender diversity; social signaling; production; motivation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General

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