Male-Female Productivity Differentials: The Role of Ability and Incentives
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- Paarsch, Harry J. & Shearer, Bruce S., 2004. "Male-Female Productivity Differentials: the Role of Ability and Incentives," Cahiers de recherche 0401, Université Laval - Département d'économique.
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Keywords
Productivity; gender; compensation; incentives; productivité; genre; rémunération; incitations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IFN-2004-05-09 (International Finance)
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