The gender pay gap in Russia during the transition, 1992-96

Economics of Transition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 245-264

  Reilly, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender pay gap; Quantile regression; Russia; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE GAP;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033022678     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00012     Document Type: Article

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