Do gender stereotypes reduce girls' or boys' human capital outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2083-2105

  Lavy, Victor ^a,b,c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender stereotypes; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549099640     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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