Sex and science: How professor gender perpetuates the gender gap

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1101-1144

  Carrell, Scott E ^a   Page, Marianne E ^a   West, James E ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

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EID: 77956574782     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.3.1101     Document Type: Article

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