Preference for the workplace, investment in human capital, and gender

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 457-507

  Wiswall, Matthew ^a,b   Zafar, Basit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85042719397     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjx035     Document Type: Article

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