Equal pay for equal work? Evidence from Sweden and a comparison with Norway and the U.S.

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 559-583

  Meyersson Milgrom, Eva M ^a   Petersen, Trond ^b,c   Snartland, Vemund ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender wage gap; Labor market segregation; Swedish wage data; Wage discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038976198     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00260     Document Type: Article

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