Is there gender discrimination in named professorships? An econometric analysis of economics departments in the US South

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 849-854

  Mixon Jr , Franklin G ^a   Treviño, Len J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GENDER DISPARITY; HIGHER EDUCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844422420     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500048902     Document Type: Article

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