Study shows men and women both biased against women's math abilities
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 10:39
in Psychology & Sociology
(Phys.org) —A study conducted by business and economic researchers Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales, has found that both men and women hold biases against women's math abilities. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers describe a study they undertook using volunteers posing as either employers or job seekers and how it revealed biases that likely lead to fewer women being hired for jobs that require math abilities.