Does the level of occupational aggregation affect estimates of the gender wage gap?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 317-329

  Kidd, Michael P ^a,c   Shannon, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000237478     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399604900209     Document Type: Article

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