Powerful women: Does exposure reduce bias?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1497-1540

  Beaman, Lori ^a   Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra ^a   Duflo, Esther ^a   Pande, Rohini ^a   Topalova, Petia ^a  

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EID: 72449171503     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.4.1497     Document Type: Article

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