Competition and Gender Inequality: A Comprehensive Analysis of Effects and Mechanisms
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gender inequality; experiments; competition; mechanisms; status characteristics theory;All these keywords.
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- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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