Analyzing the gender pay gap

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 625-646

  Blau, Francine D ^a   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender pay gap; Wage structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000645115     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9769(99)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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