{"title":"Platform Inequality: Gender in the Gig-Economy","authors":"Arianne Renan Barzilay, Anat Ben-David","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2995906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2995906","url":null,"abstract":"Laboring in the new economy has recently drawn tremendous social, legal, and political debate. The changes created by platform-facilitated labor are considered fundamental challenges to the future of work and are generating contestation regarding the proper classification of laborers as employees or independent contractors. Yet, despite this growing debate, attention to gender dimensions of such laboring is currently lacking. This Article considers the gendered promises and challenges that are associated with platform-facilitated labor, and provides an innovative empirical analysis of gender discrepancies in such labor; it conducts a case study of platform-facilitated labor using computational methods that capture some of the gendered interactions hosted by a digital platform. \u0000These empirical findings demonstrate that although women work for more hours on the platform, women’s average hourly rates are significantly lower than men’s, averaging about 2/3 (two-thirds) of men’s rates. Such gaps in hourly rates persist even after controlling for feedback score, experience, occupational category, hours of work, and educational attainment. These findings suggest we are witnessing the remaking of women into devalued workers. They point to the new ways in which sex inequality is occurring in platform-facilitated labor. They suggest that we are beholding a third generation of sex inequality, termed “Discrimination 3.0,” in which discrimination is no longer merely a function of formal barriers or even implicit biases. The Article sketches Equality-by-Design (EbD) as a possible direction for future redress, through the enlisting of platform technology to enhance gender parity. In sum, this Article provides an empirical base and analysis for understanding the new ways sex inequality is taking hold in platform-facilitated labor.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131951699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress","authors":"Stefano Gagliarducci, Daniele Paserman","doi":"10.3386/W22488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3386/W22488","url":null,"abstract":"This paper uses data on bill cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behaviour. We find that among Democrats there is no significant gender gap in the number of cosponsors recruited, but women-sponsored bills tend to have fewer cosponsors from the opposite party. On the other hand, we find robust evidence that Republican women recruit more cosponsors and attract more bipartisan support on the bills that they sponsor. We interpret these results as evidence that cooperation is mostly driven by a commonality of interest, rather than gender per se.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127777776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Political Struggle of the Sama Dilaut within the Context of the Indigenous Peoples, the Zamboanga City Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative Struggle and Their Quest for the Assertion of Civil Political Rights","authors":"Y. Morales","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2889905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2889905","url":null,"abstract":"Zamboanga City presents a case of cultural extremism in contrast. While it is home to five indigenous peoples communities and other cultural communities, and proudly sports the eternal symbol of the Sama, the Vinta as part of its symbolism and identity. The struggle for recognition and acknowledgement of the Indigenous Peoples of which the Sama Dilaut, also known as the Sama Bajau has been a long and ardous process. \u0000This paper is an attempt to tell the narrative of the struggle of the indigenous peoples (which includes the Sama Dilaut) in its quest of recognition of its political and socio-cultural rights in Zamboanga City. \u0000It will focus on the following: \u00001. Process of assertion of the recognition of the IP (Sama) Rights 2. Struggle for recognition of SAMA Organizations 3. Struggle for recognition of the Indigneous Peoples Mandatory representative 4. Current realities in the recognition and assertion of the rights of the Sama in the context of the Indigenous peoples of Zamboanga City. \u0000Paper presented at the 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SAMA BADJAO (SAMA DILAUT) \"SEA-BOUND and CROSS-BORDERS Maritime Commerce and Sea-faring Lifeways of the Sama Dilaut in Tawi-Tawi ,December 1 to 3, 2015,Venue: Marine Science Museum, Integrated Fisheries Research and Training Center [IFRTC], MSU-TCTO Campus, Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, PHILIPPINES","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125115209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of Several Religiosity Measures","authors":"Ronald B. Larson, Chris Heimrich","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2624397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2624397","url":null,"abstract":"Incorporating religiosity variables into macro- and micro-marketing studies can add to the insights produced. This research used data from a national survey of 725 adults, fielded in January 2015, to illustrate how religiosity measures differ. Responses to 34 survey questions were used to construct six factor-based religiosity measures. Six linear regressions tried to predict the religiosity factors with demographics, a social desirability bias measure, and a political preference indicator as independent variables. While some independent variables were significant, the six religiosity and spirituality factors (Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic-Social, Extrinsic-Personal, Tentativeness Quest, Complexity Quest, and Doubt Quest) contained considerable information that was not explained by the regressions.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122484713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of an Extreme Right Party on Ethnic Minority Feelings Towards Mainstream Parties; Context-Dependent Evaluations and Strategic Considerations","authors":"Nicole S. Martin","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2625538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2625538","url":null,"abstract":"The extreme right British National Party tends to perform better in areas with higher proportions of ethnic minority residents. Research so far has focused on the likelihood of white British individuals voting or supporting the party. This paper explores how the far right might affect ethnic minority voting behaviour and perceptions of parties. The BNP is an anti-immigrant party with racist and xenophobia policies. They are therefore a particularly frightening party to ethnic minority voters. I argue that this is an example of context-dependent choice, when the entire choice set has an effect on the utility of a given alternative to the decision-maker. I demonstrate this in two ways. First, a BNP candidate, especially one who attracts more votes in the General Election, is associated with less ethnic minority abstention, to the benefit of the Labour party. Secondly, Conservative and Liberal Democrat party and leader evaluations are more positive among ethnic minorities in seats where the BNP stood and/or did well in 2010.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126939933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meta‐Analysis of the Effects of Sexual Orientation on Earnings","authors":"M. Klawitter","doi":"10.1111/irel.12075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12075","url":null,"abstract":"type=\"main\" xml:id=\"irel12075-abs-0001\"> Most studies show that gay men earn less and lesbians earn more than their heterosexual counterparts, but the size of estimated sexual orientation differences varies greatly across studies. Using studies published between 1995 and 2012, a meta-regression shows that the gay sample size, sexual orientation measure, and controls for work intensity explain variation in estimates for men. For women, there are few conclusive influences although controlling for work intensity seems to be most important.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120062638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender","authors":"M. Niederle","doi":"10.1163/2212-5019_beh_com_000317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/2212-5019_beh_com_000317","url":null,"abstract":"This paper summarizes research on gender differences in economic settings. I discuss gender differences in attitudes toward competition, altruism and the closely related issue of cooperation, and risk preferences. While gender differences in competition are large and robust, the results are much more mixed and more nuanced concerning altruism or cooperative tendencies. Surprisingly, the results are also quite mixed when concerning gender differences in risk attitudes. I discuss the external validity of laboratory results in the field. More importantly, however, I emphasize research investigating the external relevance of laboratory findings. That is, to what extent can gender differences in the aforementioned psychological attributes account for observed gender differences in economic outcomes including education and labor market outcomes as well as voting behavior.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122180305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socio-Economic Profile of the Self-Help Group Women in Andhra Pradesh","authors":"Rajani Manikonda","doi":"10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1194784.V1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1194784.V1","url":null,"abstract":"In India, social structure of the people is intimately connected with the economic activities. Economic and social conditions are interrelated. The present study made an attempt to assess the impact of SHG programme on socio-economic conditions of the sample women SHG members in Andhra Pradesh. In order to understand the impact of SHG programme, it is necessary to analyze the social and economic conditions of the SHG women respondents. For the purpose of the study a stratified multi stage random sampling technique is used. The study reveals that SHGs have provided a good environment for the upliftment of the socio-economic conditions of the rural poor women.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124141720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Pakistan Have a Madrasah Problem? Insights from New Data","authors":"C. C. Fair","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2468620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2468620","url":null,"abstract":"Pakistan's madaaris sustain attention for their suspected contribution to militancy. Some scholars reject this securitized discourse, arguing that it mobilizes/sustains various fictions that madaaris: are schools last resort for the poor; provide little value; expanding in their usage; and spawning international terrorists. I employ four new data-sources to inform debates between those who understand seminaries from the optic of security and those who do not. I find: madrasah use is neither expanding nor due to poverty; parents use them to complement other forms of education, reflecting parental preferences for religious and secular educations; madaaris provide educational benefit beyond public schools.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128649996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin G. Bishin, T. Hayes, Matthew B. Incantalupo, C. Smith
{"title":"Testing Backlash: The Influence of Political Institutions on Public Attitudes Toward Gay Rights","authors":"Benjamin G. Bishin, T. Hayes, Matthew B. Incantalupo, C. Smith","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2279675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2279675","url":null,"abstract":"Recent litigation contesting marriage equality has been controversial in part because the claim is sometimes made that public opinion sways against those who obtain rights through courts. That is, the fear of backlash has been used to discourage litigation over equality. We provide the first rigorous assessment of backlash. We begin with an experiment designed to induce backlash in response to policy that promotes the interests of gays and lesbians. We test the degree to which backlash occurs on the general population using Amazon.com’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) program to recruit subjects into an online survey with an embedded experiment. We then determine who is most sensitive to the stimuli and whether backlash is triggered solely by policy or whether it can also be triggered by a perception of activism by, or increased societal acceptance of, gays and lesbians. We validate these results using data from national public opinion polls conducted over time. We demonstrate which citizens are most likely to experience backlash, identify how backlash manifests (whether through changed issue position, increased issue intensity, or both) and identify which institutions (courts or legislatures) are most likely to trigger backlash. We also take advantage of the DOMA and Prop 8 oral arguments to conduct a natural experiment. We show that gays and lesbians should not hesitate to litigate as backlash is modest and no different whether success is obtained through courts or legislatures.","PeriodicalId":203673,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Other Political Behavior: Race","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125262970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}