Mature export-led growth and gender wage inequality in Taiwan

Feminist Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-26

  Berik, Günseli ^a  

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Author keywords

Earnings; Export oriented growth; Gender; Gender wage inequality; Manufacturing industry; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034362016     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457000750020119     Document Type: Article

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