A sticky floors model of promotion, pay, and gender

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-322

  Booth, Alison L ^a   Francesconi, Marco ^a   Frank, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earnings; Gender; Promotions; Quits

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037377007     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00197-0     Document Type: Article

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