Selling Women Short: A Research Note on Gender Differences in Compensation on Wall Street

Social Forces

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 783-802

  Roth, Louise Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 2142767274     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2004.0023     Document Type: Article

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