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Gender Stereotypes and Homophily in Team Formation

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  • Antonio Cabrales

    (Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III Madrid)

  • Lorenzo Ductor

    (Department of Economics Theory and History, Universidad de Granada)

  • Ericka Rascon-Ramirez

    (Department of Economics, CIDE and Middlesex University London)

  • Ismael Rodriguez-Lara

    (Department of Economics, Universidad de Malaga, and Economic Science Institute, Chapman University)

Abstract

Women often find themselves in teams that hinder their productivity and earnings. We analyze the role of homophily and gender stereotypes in preferences for team formation and examine the effect of information on changing these preferences. We find that women are expected to perform better in female-type tasks (such as text and emotion-recognition). However, people prefer forming teams with their same gender. Our findings suggest that information can mitigate -but it does not eliminate- the influence of homophily on team formation.

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  • Antonio Cabrales & Lorenzo Ductor & Ericka Rascon-Ramirez & Ismael Rodriguez-Lara, 2025. "Gender Stereotypes and Homophily in Team Formation," Working Papers DTE 648, CIDE, División de Economía.
    • Handle: RePEc:emc:wpaper:dte648
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    Keywords

    gender differences; expectations; collaboration; network formation; team production;
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    JEL classification:

    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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