Establishment size, employment, and the gender wage gap

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-330

  Mitra, Aparna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender wage gap; Labor market; Plant size and wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038037484     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(03)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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