Are there gender differences in the propensity to compete in China? An empirical investigation
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Keywords
competition; China; gender differences; labor market; Global South; performance in competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2024-07-22 (China)
- NEP-GEN-2024-07-22 (Gender)
- NEP-LAB-2024-07-22 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SPO-2024-07-22 (Sports and Economics)
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