Job Search Methods: Consequences for Gender-Based Earnings Inequality

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-141

  Huffman, Matt L ^a   Torres, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Job search; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039911738     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.2000.1770     Document Type: Article

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