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Market orientation and gender wage gaps : an international study
Zweimüller, Martina (contributor);  … - 2007
in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591492
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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intentions : international evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling
Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
effect of private-school competition on students' entrepreneurial intentions. We exploit Catholic-Church resistance to state … shares, students' academic skills, and parents' entrepreneurial occupation. -- Private school competition ; entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983640
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Strategic behavior across gender : a comparison of female and male expert chess players
Gerdes, Christer; Gränsmark, Patrik - 2010
probability. -- Risk aversion ; competitiveness ; gender ; culture ; mixed-sex competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941764
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Potential, prizes and performance : testing tournament theory with professional tennis data
Sunde, Uwe (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001838248
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The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on the gender wage differential
Weichselbaumer, Doris (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001776052
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Financial distress and the role of management in micro and small-sized firms
Alexandre, Fernando; Cruz, Sara; Portela, Miguel - 2020
In this paper, we focus on managerial characteristics of micro and small-sized firms. Using linked employer-employee data on the Portuguese economy for the 2010-2018 period, we estimate the impact of management teams' human capital on the probability of firms becoming financially distressed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294788
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Management as a technology?
Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - 2016
management on firm performance; (ii) a positive relationship between product market competition and average management quality … (part of which stems from the larger covariance between management with firm size as competition strengthens); and (iii) a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486495
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
, private competition, and tracking have been found to be important sources of international differences in student achievement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Gender differences in strategic behaviour under competitive pressure : evidence on omission patterns in university entrance examinations
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2014
This paper studies gender differences in performance in university entrance examinations. We exploit data from the exams that the nine Finnish universities providing education in economics and business use to choose their students. These exams are multiple choice tests where wrong answers are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257343
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Do men matter to female competition even when they don't?
Birk, Erica G.; Lee, Logan M.; Waddell, Glen R. - 2016
men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531865