Do women react differently to incentives? Evidence from experimental data and payroll records

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1682-1707

  Paarsch, Harry J ^a   Shearer, Bruce S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effort elasticities; Field experiments; Incentive effects; Male female productivity differentials; Structural econometrics

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; INCENTIVE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34848836645     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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