Gender differences in competitiveness: Empirical evidence from professional distance running

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-398

  Frick, Bernd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b University of Trier Campus II   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Distance running; Gender gap; Incentives; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955483798     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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