Outside offers and the gender pay gap: Empirical evidence from the UK academic labour market

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 501, 2005, Pages

  Blackaby, David ^a   Booth, Alison L ^a   Frank, Jeff ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15044354791     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.2005.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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