Second-order statistical discrimination

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-116

  Klumpp, Tilman ^a   Su, Xuejuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Glass ceilings"; Aptitude distribution; Gender differences; Statistical discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870233314     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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