Updating, self-confidence, and discrimination

European Economic Review

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-169

  Albrecht, Konstanze ^a   von Essen, Emma ^b   Parys, Juliane ^a   Szech, Nora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Discrimination; Gender; Self confidence; Updating

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84875585014     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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