Performance gender gap: Does competition matter?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-499

  Ors, Evren ^a   Palomino, Frédéric ^b   Peyrache, Eloïc ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 84879440379     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669331     Document Type: Article

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