Can gender parity break the glass ceiling? Evidence from a repeated randomized experiment

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1301-1328

  Bagues, Manuel F ^a   Esteve Volart, Berta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

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EID: 77955738952     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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