Is there a gender gap in preschoolers' competitiveness? An experiment in the U.S

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-31

  Samak, Anya C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child preferences; Competition; Field experiment; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878798635     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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