TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Flory, Jeffrey A.
AU  - Leibbrandt, Andreas
AU  - Rott, Christina
AU  - Stoddard, Olga B.
        TI  - Signals from On High and the Power of Growth Mindset: A Natural Field Experiment in Attracting Minorities to High-Profile Positions
        PY  - 2021/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14383
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14383
        AB  - We conduct a large-scale natural field experiment with a Fortune 500 company to test several approaches to attract minorities to high-profile positions. 5,000 prospective applicants were randomized into treatments varying a portion of recruiting materials. We find that self-selection at two early-career stages exhibits a substantial race gap. Importantly, we show that this gap can be strongly influenced by several treatments, with some increasing application rates by minorities by 40 percent and others being particularly effective for minority women. The heterogeneities we find by gender, race, and career stage shed light on the underlying drivers of self-selection barriers among minorities.
        KW  - gender
KW  - labor
KW  - experiment
KW  - field experiment
KW  - race
KW  - diversity
        ER  -