Outrunning the gender gap-boys and girls compete equally

Experimental Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-582

  Dreber, Anna ^a,b   von Essen, Emma ^c   Ranehill, Eva ^d  

^a Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Field experiment; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255137035     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-011-9282-8     Document Type: Article

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