Wage structure and gender earnings differentials: An international comparison

Economica

Volumn 63, Issue 250 SUP, 1996, Pages

  Blau, Francine D ^a,b   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^b NBER ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARNINGS LEVEL; GENDER DISPARITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; WAGE GAP;

SWEDEN; USA;

EID: 0030472497     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2554808     Document Type: Review

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