All women benefit: The macro-level effect of occupational integration on gender earnings equality

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 714-734

  Cotter, David A ^a   DeFiore, JoAnn ^b   Hermsen, Joan M ^c   Kowalewski, Brenda Marsteller ^d   Vanneman, Reeve ^e  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS EQUALITY; WAGE INEQUALITY; WOMEN'S EARNINGS;

USA;

EID: 0031411031     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657356     Document Type: Article

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