讲座题目：Using (merit-based) default to reduce gender gaps in contribution of ideas: Evidence from an online experiment

主 讲 人：美国乔治梅森大学 Daniel Houser 教授

讲座时间：2024年9月5日（周四）9：30

讲座地点：商学院江湾楼 336 晨星厅

主办单位：中南大学金融创新研究中心

主 持 人：中南大学商学院 王建新 副教授

摘     要：Under-representation of qualified women in contributing ideas to the group is pervasive in many workplaces, especially in male-stereotyped fields. We develop and test using laboratory experiments an easily-implementable default (opt-out) approach to reducing this gender gap in environments with varying gender stereotypes. We consider both non-merit based defaults where people are randomly defaulted to the leading position to contribute (from which they can opt-out), as well as merit-based defaults where people’s default position is determined by their skill and ability. We find that defaults have large and significant effects on people's willingness to contribute ideas, regardless of whether they are merit-based. We find little evidence, however, that defaults mitigate stereotype bias in the willingness to contribute. In particular, defaults lead women to be more likely to contribute in all areas, but still relatively less in male- than female-stereotyped environments.

主讲人简介：

Daniel Houser教授，美国乔治梅森大学经济系主任，经济科学跨学科研究中心主任。与实验经济学鼻祖、2002年经济学诺贝尔奖得主Vernon Smith合作紧密。主要研究领域有实验经济学、行为经济学、神经经济学。担任Management Science、Experimental Economics、Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization、Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics、Frontiers in Neuroscience等学术期刊的主编、副主编或编委，以及Science, Nature, PNAS, National Science Foundation等二十多个杂志和基金项目的审稿人。获得过多项国家科学基金的资助。在PNAS、American Economic Review、Econometrica、Journal of Finance、Leadership Quarterly、Experimental Economics等期刊上发表多篇论文。