中文摘要
办公室是社交场所。员工与经理一起休息，谈论家庭和爱好。在本研究中，我们表明员工与经理的社会互动对其职业发展是有利的，且该现象促成了性别薪酬差距。我们使用一家大型金融机构的行政与调查数据，并利用由经理轮换所引致的准随机变异。我们提供的证据表明，当员工与其经理有更多的面对面互动时，他们的晋升率更高。该机制可以解释该企业中晋升性别差距的三分之一。(JEL G21, J16, J31, J71, M12, M51, Z13)
Abstract
Offices are social places. Employees and managers take breaks together and talk about family and hobbies. In this study, we show that employees’ social interactions with their managers can be advantageous for their careers, and that this phenomenon contributes to the gender pay gap. We use administrative and survey data from a large financial institution and exploit quasi-random variation induced by the rotation of managers. We provide evidence that when employees have more face-to-face interactions with their managers, they are promoted at a higher rate. This mechanism could explain a third of the gender gap in promotions at this firm. (JEL G21, J16, J31, J71, M12, M51, Z13)