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We ask whether top-ranked male tennis professionals are more dedicated or commit-ted to their careers than the top-ranked female professionals. We find no evidence that this is the case in the 1979–1994 period. Despite substantially lower real earnings, the women pros competed for as many years as did the men and just as intensely in terms of annual number of tournaments played.
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Coate, D., Robbins, D. The tournament careers of top-ranked men and women tennis professionals: Are the gentlemen more committed than the ladies?. J Labor Res 22, 185–193 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-001-1011-1
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