Gender and Social Preferences in the US: An Experimental Study

Feminist Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-160

  Kamas, Linda ^a   Preston, Anne ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

equity; experiments; gender; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859776928     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.657662     Document Type: Article

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