The determinants of young women's wages: Comparing the effects of individual and occupational labor market characteristics

Social Science Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 240-259

  Elliott, Marta ^a   Parcel, Toby L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030240409     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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