Flexible hours, workplace authority, and compensating wage differentials in the US

Feminist Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-39

  McCrate, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating differentials; Flexibility; Gender pay gap; Work schedules

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244384508     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570042000332588     Document Type: Article

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