Gender differences in bargaining outcomes: A field experiment on discrimination

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 99, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-48

  Castillo, Marco ^a   Petrie, Ragan ^a   Torero, Maximo ^b   Vesterlund, Lise ^c,d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Discrimination; Gender; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873556692     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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