Gender gap in performance under competitive pressure: Admissions to Czech universities

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-518

  Jurajda, Štěpán ^a   Münich, Daniel ^a  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 79958291143     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.3.514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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