Gender, social norms, and survival in maritime disasters

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 13220-13224

  Elinder, Mikael ^a,b   Erixson, Oscar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altruism; Discrimination; Homo economicus; Leadership; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DATA BASE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARITIME DISASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAILOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; WAR;

CHILD; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHIPS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84865191429     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207156109     Document Type: Article

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