Gender pay and occupational-attainment gaps in Costa Rica and El Salvador: A relative comparison of the late 1980s

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-230

  Dávila, Alberto ^a   Pagán, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; WAGE GAP;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0344131971     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00063     Document Type: Article

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