Swimming upstream: Trends in the gender wage differential in the 1980s

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-42

  Blau, Francine D ^a   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

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EID: 0039176437     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209845     Document Type: Article

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