Gender and peer effects on performance in social networks

We investigate whether peer effects at work differ by gender and whether the differences -if any- depend on work organization. We develop a social network model with gender heterogeneity that we test using a real-effort laboratory experiment. We compare unidirectional networks (with a one-way inform...

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Published in:European economic review 2019-04, Vol.113, p.207-224
Main Authors: Beugnot, Julie, Fortin, Bernard, Lacroix, Guy, Villeval, Marie Claire
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