Job satisfaction and gender segregation

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 479-496

  Bender, Keith A ^a   Donohue, Susan M ^a   Heywood, John S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744377173     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi015     Document Type: Article

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