Tournament incentives in the field: Gender differences in the workplace

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 305-326

  Delfgaauw, Josse ^a   Dur, Robert ^a   Sol, Joeri ^b   Verbeke, Willem ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84877310132     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667996     Document Type: Article

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