This experiment uses a vignette design to examine what the rise in homeworking practices mean with regards to gender inequality in the labour market. Employed respondents between ages 18-65 were shown three vignettes, all with the same basic narrative describing candidates for a job based on their background and work circumstances. These candidates varied on five dimensions: 1) gender, 2) parenthood status, 3) home/hybrid working practice, 4) prevalence of hybrid working in the company, and 5) company policies.
After each of the three vignettes, respondents were asked their views on the worker. Respondents were asked if they would recommend the candidate for the job; the perception the candidate is committed to work; how productive the candidate is; and how much of a team-player the candidate is. All these questions were measured on a 0 to 10 scale. There was also a single manipulation check question asked at the end.
The allocations for the vignette dimensions were done within the survey script in equal proportions. For each dimension there is one controlling variable for each of the three vignettes in file p_indresp_ip:
fsvigname1
1 = Charlotte Davies
2 = Paul Taylor
fsvigname2
1 = Anna Wright
2 = Adam Newton
fsvigname3
1 = Sarah Walker
2 = James Harrison
fsvigparent1/ fsvigparent2/ fsvigparent3
1 = Has no children
2 = Has two children
fsvighybrid1/ fsvighybrid2/ fsvighybrid3
1 = Works in the office 5 days a week
2 = Has worked from home 1-2 days a week on a regular basis in the last year
3 = Has worked from home 3-4 days a week on a regular basis in the last year
fsvigorguse1/ fsvigorguse2/ fsvigorguse3
1 = Less than 20% of all workers
2 = More than half of all mothers
3 = More than half of all parents
4 = More than half of all workers
fsvigorgpol1/ fsvigorgpol2/ fsvigorgpol3
1 = Are no company level policies that allow for a mix of working from home and in the workplace.
2 = Are company level policies that allow for a mix of working from home and in the workplace but only for mothers.
3 = Are company level policies that allow for a mix of working from home and in the workplace but only for parents.
4 = Are company level policies that allow for a mix of working from home and in the workplace for all workers.
The variables affected by this experiment are in file p_indresp_ip:
fsvrecomm1, fsvrecomm2, fsvrecomm3, fsvcommit1, fsvcommit2, fsvcommit3, fsvproduct1, fsvproduct2, fsvproduct3, fsvteam1, fsvteam2, fsvteam3, fsvrecal
