DR@W
DR@W
Decision Research at Warwick (DR@W) is an interdisciplinary initiative which focuses on behavioural and experimental research of decision making.
Formed in January 2010, DR@W brings together researchers and students from Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Warwick Mathematics Institute, Warwick Manufacturing Group and Warwick Business School that are interested in current developments in the area of experimental and behavioural research.
The Department of Economics have created and manage a large computer laboratory for use with experiments.
Visit the Decision Research at Warwick website for further details.
DR@W Forum - Zhang Xiaojie (Nanyang Technological University)
Persistent gender gaps remain a pressing concern across societies, despite significant progress in recent years. While research has uncovered many drivers of gender inequality, one underexplored factor is the growing interconnectedness and specialization within modern workplaces. In collaborative settings where individuals contribute through distinct roles, it becomes increasingly difficult to objectively assess each member’s contribution—opening the door for gender related socio-psychological factors to influence the allocation of credit between team members. In this study, we examine the claiming and allocation of credit in a novel experimental paradigm where participants first train to specialise in a specific task and subsequently participate in team production with complementary tasks. Importantly, although the team production process always involves completing the same set of complementary tasks, across teams, we vary the gender composition of teams and the degree of specialisation. Together with a rich set of supplementary variables, we are able to shed light on the effects of workplace specialisation on gender inequality and the mechanisms by which these results arise.