Sex segregation and glass ceilings: A comparative statics model of women's career opportunities in the federal government over a quarter century

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 566-632

  Yamagata, Hisashi ^a   Yeh, Kuang S ^a   Stewman, Shelby ^a   Dodge, Hiroko ^a  

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EID: 0031318365     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/231251     Document Type: Article

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