Female earnings and gender differentials in Great Britain 1977-1994

Labour Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-357

  Bell, David ^a   Ritchie, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female earnings; J30; J70; Panel data; Varying coefficients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038900141     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(98)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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