Race, ethnicity, and wage inequality among women: What happened in the 1990s and early 21st century?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1275-1292

  Browne, Irene ^a   Askew, Rachel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor markets; Race; Wages; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744389220     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205274819     Document Type: Article

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