Sex differentials in earnings in the South Korean labor market

Feminist Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-78

  Monk Turner, Elizabeth ^a   Turner, Charlie G ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Earnings; Labor markets; South Korea; Wage gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035588250     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700010028374     Document Type: Article

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