The gender wage gap in Russia: Some empirical evidence

Labour Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-356

  Newell, Andrew ^a,b   Reilly, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Occupational segregation; Russia; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030269208     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(96)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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