How can we effectively battle gender inequality?
Field research using randomized controlled studies
Research Project
The aim of this project is to analyze the potential of three behavioral interventions to remedy gender inequalities in the student population at the University of Bath.
Each intervention takes the form of a randomized controlled study of applicants to all economics programs at the University of Bath. This allows us to determine any causal inferences between the interventions and their results separately and together and to evaluate their relative efficacy.
The behavioral policies adopted are informed by recent research in psychology and behavioral economics and focus on the role played by female peers and role models during the university applications process.
The interventions are as follows: (i) systematically varied emails sent to all candidates; (ii) the presence of female role models and peers during candidate open days; (iii) telephone conversations with female students who are already enrolled in Economics.
The goal of this project is to identify interventions that will effectively counter gender imbalances in a context in which women are severely underrepresented. Knowledge gained from this project could be pertinent to other fields in which women are majorly underrepresented.
Researchers
Dr. Jörg Franke
Dr Jörg Franke is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Bath. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the Chair of Microeconomics at TU Dortmund. He holds a PhD from the International Doctorate of Economic Analysis (IDEA) at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and a Diploma in Economics from Humboldt University Berlin. He studied Economics and Philosophy at the University of Bonn. His research interests are in the fields of Microeconomics (particularly Competitive and Auction Theory) Experimental Economics, and Applied Economics.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Franke et al. (2018) Optimal Favoritism in All-Pay Auctions and Lottery Contests, European Economic Review, 104, 2018, p. 22-37.Franke and Leininger (2018) Lotteries and Lindahl Prices in Public Good Provision, Journal of Public Economic Theory 20, 2018, p. 840-848.
Dr. Elnaz Bajoori joined the University of Bath after obtaining her doctorate in Economics from Maastricht University in the Netherlands in October 2013. She has an undergraduate degree in Pure Mathematics from Iran University of Science and Technology a Master’s in Mathematical Analysis from Kharazmi University, Tehran Campus. Her main research interests lie in the mathematical modeling of economic problems and research of gender inequality and diversity.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Clustered pricing in corporate loan market, theory and empirical evidence (with Sajid Chaudhry and Shasi Nandeibam), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (2019).Equilibrium selection in interdependent value auctions (with Dries Vermeulen) Mathematical Social Sciences, (2019)