Is women's human capital valued more by markets than by planners?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 278-299

  Münich, Daniel ^a   Svejnar, Jan ^b   Terrell, Katherine ^b  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Human capital; Sheepskin effects; Transition; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744380271     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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