Race and gender wage gaps in the market for recent college graduates

Industrial Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-84

  Weinberger, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ISSUES; INCOME INEQUALITY; LABOUR MARKET; RACIAL DISPARITY; WAGE GAP;

EID: 0031862970     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0019-8676.721998035     Document Type: Article

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