{
  "id": 19515168,
  "title": "Greater male variability may help explain persistent gender gaps in hiring, study suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/greater-male-variability-may-help-explain-persistent-gender-gaps-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T15:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/greater-male-variability-may-help-explain-persistent-gender-gaps-in-hiring-study-suggests/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology reveals that even when men and women score the same average on a job test, the way their individual scores vary can lead to hiring that favors men. This phenomenon, known as \"greater male variability\" or GMV, occurs when men's scores are more spread out than women's, clustering at both the high and low ends of the spectrum even when average scores are identical. This pattern can result in hiring practices that use multiple screening steps causing organizations to end up with a mostly male workforce that may also be less productive.",
  "summary": "Men and women can earn the same average score on a job test and still face unequal hiring odds. A simulation study suggests that when employers screen out most applicants, wider spread in men’s scores tilts hiring toward men.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}