Equal pay: Is the pendulum swinging back?

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 561-574

  Preston, A C ^a   Crockett, G V ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001685984     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002218569904100405     Document Type: Article

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