Female labour force intermittency and current earnings: Switching regression model with unknwon sample selection

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 545-560

  Hotchkiss, Julie L ^a   Pitts, M Melinda ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR PARTICIPATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16244386181     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000307003     Document Type: Article

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