Changing labor-force gender composition and male-female income diversity in Singapore

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 547-568

  Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gender; Gini; Income inequality; Theil index; Wage gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035624663     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-0078(01)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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