Using occupational preference in estimating market wage discrimination: The case of the gender pay gap: Decomposition of a reduced-form wage equation

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-113

  Solberg, Eric J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039242124     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1999.tb03287.x     Document Type: Article

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