Do women shy away from competition? Do men compete too much?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1067-1101

  Niederle, Muriel ^a   Vesterlund, Lise ^a  

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EID: 33846796592     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.3.1067     Document Type: Review

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