Gender Reveals in the Labor Market: Evidence on Gender Signaling and Statistical Discrimination in an Online Health Care Market

We are grateful for helpful comments from Peter Kuhn, Lorenzo Lagos, Matthew Pecenco, Yuan Tian, Yi Li, Lulu An, and conference and seminar participants at Brown University, East China Normal University, Peking University, Shandong University, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Zhejiang University, the 2024 China BEEF International Workshop on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, and the 1st New Economy and New Employment Forum (2024). We thank Lulu An, Shuai Chen, Peiying Li, Jingtai Liu, Wanxin Liu, Yuhong Luo, Di Ma, Yunwei Wang, Ziyu Zhang, and especially Jingwen Xia for excellent research assistance. All remaining errors are those of the authors. Financial support from the Ministry of Education of China (Project No. 21YJA790059), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 72273148, 72473010, and 72131003), and the National Program for Special Support of Top-notch Young Professionals is gratefully acknowledged. All authors contributed equally, but are listed alphabetically by convention. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• September 5, 2024