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Gender Differences in Success in Competitive Selection Processes

View ORCID ProfileLídia Farré and View ORCID ProfileFrancesc Ortega
Journal of Human Resources, November 2023, 58 (6) 1881-1913; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0320-10767R1
Lídia Farré
Lídia Farré is associate professor of economics at the Universitat de Barcelona and research affiliate at the Institute of Economic Analysis.
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Francesc Ortega is the Dina Perry professor of economics at CUNY, Queens College ([email protected]).
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