Sex-based differences in school content and the male-female wage gap

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 431-465

  Brown, Charles ^a   Corcoran, Mary ^a  

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EID: 0040955214     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209867     Document Type: Article

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