Gender, competitiveness, and socialization at a young age: Evidence from a matrilineal and a patriarchal society

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1438-1443

  Andersen, Steffen ^a   Ertac, Seda ^b   Gneezy, Uri ^c   List, John A ^d   Maximiano, Sandra ^e  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886005128     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00312     Document Type: Article

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