How does gender play a role in the earnings gap? An update

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 9-15

  Boraas, Stephanie ^a   Rodgers III, William M ^b  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242541597     PISSN: 00981818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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