Selection into self-improvement and competition pay: Gender, stereotypes, and earnings volatility
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Gender; Self-improvement; Competitiveness;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
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