The urban gender wage gap in an African country: Findings from Kenya

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-76

  Agesa, Richard U ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE GAP;

KENYA;

EID: 0032823345     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.1999.9668789     Document Type: Article

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