Empathy or antipathy? The impact of diversity

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1890-1905

  Boisjoly, Johanne ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^b   Kremer, Michael ^c,d   Levy, Dan M ^e   Eccles, Jacque ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33847690763     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1890     Document Type: Review

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