Gender differences in the changing labor market: The role of legislation and inequality in changing the wage gap for qualified workers in the United Kingdom

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-565

  Dolton, Peter ^a   O'Neill, Donal ^b   Sweetman, Olive ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PATRICK S COLLEGE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GRADUATES; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOUR MARKET; LEGISLATIVE IMPACT; WAGE LEVEL;

UK;

EID: 0030430562     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146265     Document Type: Article

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