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Exploring the Impact of Financial Incentives on Stereotype Threat: Evidence from a Pilot Study

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  • Roland Fryer
  • Steven Levitt
  • John List

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  • Roland Fryer & Steven Levitt & John List, 2008. "Exploring the Impact of Financial Incentives on Stereotype Threat: Evidence from a Pilot Study," Artefactual Field Experiments 00477, The Field Experiments Website.
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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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