Women's labor-market gains in the 1980's and future prospects: Growth in women's relative wages and in inequality among men: One phenomenon or two?

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 444-449

  Welch, Finis ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039172836     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.2.444     Document Type: Article

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