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Gender Differences in Legislator Responsiveness / Thomsen, Danielle M ; Sanders, Bailey K

Thomsen, Danielle M	Journal Article
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A growing body of research shows that women legislators outperform their male counterparts in the legislative arena, but scholars have yet to examine whether this pattern emerges in non-policy aspects of representation. We conducted an audit study of 6,000 U.S. state legislators to analyze whether women outperform or underperform men on constituency service in light of the extra effort they spend on policy. We find that women are more likely to respond to constituent requests than men, even after accounting for their heightened level of policy activity. Female legislators are the most responsive in conservative districts, where women may see the barriers to their election as especially high. We then demonstrate that our findings are not a function of staff responsiveness, legislator ideology, or responsiveness to female constituents or gender issues. The results provide additional evidence that women perform better than their male counterparts across a range of representational activities.

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Gender Differences ; Legislator Responsiveness

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Gender differences in performance-based pay: evidence from a Chinese university / Wang, Yijie; Sun, Wenkai ; Guo, Qian ; Song, Yang

Guo, Qian	Journal Article
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We examined gender differences in performance-based pay in an institute of a top Chinese university, to provide insight into the gender earnings gap. We found that male professors earned more from research and less from teaching than did comparable female professors even though male and female professors showed no statistically significant difference in the total performance-based pay. Given the piece rate nature of bonuses in the institute and one's tendency to invest more time in areas where one has comparative advantages to maximize the total income, the study results lead to the conclusion that male professors displayed comparative advantage in research while female professors exhibited comparative advantage in teaching. The conclusion is corroborated by analyses of time allocation, and number of papers published as first author and as co-author.

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Propensity Score Matching ; Time Allocation ; Gender Differences ; Performance-Based Pay ; Research Bonus ; Teaching Bonus

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