Economic transition, gender bias, and the distribution of earnings in China

Economics of Transition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-259

  Bishop, John A ^a   Luo, Feijun ^a   Wang, Fang ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings gap; Economic transition; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17744385941     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2005.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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