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It's actually only one study, and both the lead author and the conducting body have their doubts about it:

>Professor Hiscox said he discussed the trial with the ABS and did not consider it a rigorous or randomised control trial, warning against any "magic pill" solution.

The discussion section of the study's report also opines that the voluntary nature of recruiter selection [1] as well as the absence of a control group could skew results, and that particular recruitment processes were not studied for engendered bias before designing the trial.

[1] - ie, recruiters who tended to be more supportive of diversification in the public sector would be more likely to participate




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