Do detailed work histories help to explain gender and race/ethnic wage differentials?

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-85

  Green, Carole A ^a   Ferber, Marianne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Earnings gap; Gender; Human capital; NLSY; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244478924     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760500047982     Document Type: Review

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