An experimental test of the persistence of gender-based stereotypes

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 598-611

  Grossman, Philip J ^a   Lugovskyy, Oleksandr ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 79952723907     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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