Episode 87: Emily Nix on violence against women at work

Probable Causation

Emily Nix talks about how violence against women at work affects the victims, perpetrators, and firms.

“Violence Against Women at Work” by Abi Adams-Prassl, Kristiina Huttunen, Emily Nix, and Ning Zhang.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Sexual Harassment and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market” by Olle Folke and Johanna Rickne.

• “Incentives for Managers and Inequality Among Workers: Evidence from a Firm-Level Experiment” by Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, and Imran Rasul.

• “What Drives Differences in Management Practices?” by Nicholas Bloom, Erik Brynjolfsson, Lucia Foster, Ron Jarmin, Megha Patnaik, Itay Saporta-Eksten, and John Van Reenen.

• “When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct” by Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru.

• “Monitoring Harassment in Organizations” by Laura Boudreau, Sylvain Chassang, and Ada Gonzalez-Torres. [Working paper.]