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Kerstin Ostermann
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What has place to do with social inequality? PostDoc in Sociology @University Bielefeld investigating this link in using geodata and CSS
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"...women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings... lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues..."
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“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap† By Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue* We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a large retail chain, we find that women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings. Differences in potential ratings account for approximately half of the gender promotion gap. Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues, both on average and on the margin of promotion. We highlight two mechanisms driving the gender potential gap: strategic retention and stereotyping. (JEL J16, J31, J71, L81, M12, M51)
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
kostermann.bsky.social
Could be a worth-to-investigate dimension of gentrification 🤔
January 12, 2026 at 6:51 AM
kostermann.bsky.social
Danke! :)
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
kostermann.bsky.social
Danke, Kerstin! 🥰
December 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
kostermann.bsky.social
Thank you, Andrei!
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM