Gender, Competitiveness, and Socialization at a Young Age: Evidence From a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society
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Gender, Competitiveness and Socialization at a Young Age: Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society
Recent literature presents evidence that men are more competitively inclined than women. Since top-level careers usually require competitiveness, competitiveness differences provide an explanation for gender gaps in wages and differences in occupational choice. A natural question is whether women are born less competitive, or whether they become so through the process of socialization. To pinpo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Economics and Statistics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0034-6535,1530-9142
DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00312