The unqual distribution of unequal pay - An empirical enalysis of the gender wage gap in Switzerland

Empirical Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 407-427

  Bonjour, Dorothe ^a   Gerfin, Michael ^b  

^a POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender wage gap; Wage distribution; Wage structure

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0013001089     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810000063     Document Type: Article

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