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Study Area: BHPS

Why nice doesn’t pay

Act like a man and you’ll earn more? Pft!

It pays for women to be like a man

For women, it does not pay to be nice: ‘Alpha females’ earn £40,000 more in their lifetime

Aggression comes into fashion as study shows nice women finish last

Alpha women cash in

Work personality: masculine traits pay off, girls

Aggressive, not nice, women earn big bucks at work

‘Alpha,’ dominant women earn more, study says

‘Alpha females’ earn more than their passive colleagues

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