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008 050330s2005 mau sb 000 0 eng
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040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHB1
100 1 $aScotchmer, Suzanne.
245 10 $aAffirmative action in hierarchies$h[electronic resource] /$cSuzanne Scotchmer.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2005.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 11213
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 3/30/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"If promotion in a hierarchy is based on a random signal of ability, rates of promotion will be affected by risk-taking. Further, the numbers and abilities of risk-takers and non-risk-takers will be different at each stage of the hierarchy, and the ratio will be changing. I show that, under mild conditions, more risk-takers than non-risk-takers will survive at early stages, but they will have lower ability. At later stages, this will be reversed: Fewer risk-takers than non-risk-takers survive, but they will have higher ability. I give several interpretations for how these theorems relate to affirmative action, in light of considerable evidence that males are more risk-taking than females"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
650 0 $aPromotions.
650 0 $aRisk-taking (Psychology)$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aAffirmative action programs$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aSex discrimination in employment.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 11213.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/W11213