Carolina Castagnetti
Biographic Data
| ID | 4210659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolina Castagnetti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolina |
| FAMILY NAME | Castagnetti |
| SIGNATURE | CASTAGNETTI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pavia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4852-6744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Discriminate me — If you can! The disappearance of the gender pay gap among public‐contest selected employees in Italy
This article investigates the effect of public‐contest recruitment on earnings for men and women using Italian microdata over a time period of ten years. We find that the gender pay gap vanishes, and even reverses among young employees when they are selected through public contests. The results suggest that selection mechanisms like public contests may offer a way for merit‐based and gender‐fair wage‐setting. However, since public contests and th…
Unfair Tournaments
This paper addresses the gender pay gap among Italian university graduates on entry to the labor market, and stresses the potential for gender stereotypes to impact subjective assessment of individual productivity. We build upon previous research about gender and wage inequality, introducing tournament theory as a framework for the gender pay gap analysis. We hypothesize that the effects of gender make occupational tournaments less fair in some a…
Who skims the cream of the Italian graduate crop? Wage employment versus self-employment
Unfair Tournaments
This paper addresses the gender pay gap among Italian university graduates on entry to the labor market, and stresses the potential for gender stereotypes to impact subjective assessment of individual productivity. We build upon previous research about gender and wage inequality, introducing tournament theory as a framework for the gender pay gap analysis. We hypothesize that the effects of gender make occupational tournaments less fair in some a…
Discriminate me — If you can! The disappearance of the gender pay gap among public‐contest selected employees in Italy
This article investigates the effect of public‐contest recruitment on earnings for men and women using Italian microdata over a time period of ten years. We find that the gender pay gap vanishes, and even reverses among young employees when they are selected through public contests. The results suggest that selection mechanisms like public contests may offer a way for merit‐based and gender‐fair wage‐setting. However, since public contests and th…
Who skims the cream of the Italian graduate crop? Wage employment versus self-employment
Unfair Tournaments
This paper addresses the gender pay gap among Italian university graduates on entry to the labor market, and stresses the potential for gender stereotypes to impact subjective assessment of individual productivity. We build upon previous research about gender and wage inequality, introducing tournament theory as a framework for the gender pay gap analysis. We hypothesize that the effects of gender make occupational tournaments less fair in some a…
Discriminate me — If you can! The disappearance of the gender pay gap among public‐contest selected employees in Italy
This article investigates the effect of public‐contest recruitment on earnings for men and women using Italian microdata over a time period of ten years. We find that the gender pay gap vanishes, and even reverses among young employees when they are selected through public contests. The results suggest that selection mechanisms like public contests may offer a way for merit‐based and gender‐fair wage‐setting. However, since public contests and th…
Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Wage (3 works) · Accounting (2 works) · Earnings (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works)