Positive Action Towards Gender Equality: Evidence from the Athena SWAN Charter in UK Medical Schools

This article provides evidence on the effectiveness of voluntary positive action in addressing inequality between female and male careers. The setting is UK medical schools where two natural experiments are exploited. The first is the introduction of the Athena SWAN charter in 2005, whereby 12 UK un...

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Main Author: Gregory-Smith, I. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2018
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