Career interruptions and subsequent earnings: A reexamination using Swedish data

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 294-311

  Albrecht, James W ^a   Edin, Per Anders ^b   Sundström, Marianne ^c   Vroman, Susan B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; INCOME; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032784260     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146347     Document Type: Article

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