Piece-rate payment schemes and the employment of women: The case of Hong Kong

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-255

  Heywood, John S ^a   Wei, Xiangdong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0000489886     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1997.1464     Document Type: Article

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