Ladies first? A field study of discrimination in coffee shops

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1761-1769

  Myers, Caitlin Knowles ^a   Bellows, Marcus ^a   Fakhoury, Hiba ^a   Hale, Douglas ^a   Hall, Alexander ^a   Ofman, Kaitlin ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FIELD SURVEY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; HETEROGENEITY; WOMENS STATUS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953604403     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701721687     Document Type: Article

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