Assimilation, choice, or constraint? Testing theories of gender differences in the careers of lawyers

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 229-264

  Hull, Kathleen E ^a   Nelson, Robert L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034336447     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/79.1.229     Document Type: Review

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