Orchestrating impartiality: The impact of "blind" auditions on female musicians

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 715-741

  Goldin, Claudia ^a   Rouse, Cecilia ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000590932     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.4.715     Document Type: Article

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