Does the gender composition of scientific committees matter?

American Economic Review

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1207-1238

  Bagues, Manuel ^a   Sylos Labini, Mauro ^b   Zinovyeva, Natalia ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 85017465158     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20151211     Document Type: Article

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