Understanding the "Family Gap" in Pay for Women with Children

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-156

  Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0000939053     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.1.137     Document Type: Article

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