Gender discrimination in a typically male workplace is not necessarily driven by misogyny, according to research by Katherine B. Coffman, Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle. Rather, employers are less willing to hire applicants associated with a lower performing group-even if that group is defined by a demographic characteristic other than gender.

Description — Gender discrimination in a typically male workplace is not necessarily driven by misogyny, according to research by Katherine B. Coffman, Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle. Rather, employers are less willing to hire applicants associated with a lower performing group-even if that group is defined by a demographic characteristic other than gender.

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Title — When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender

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