The impact of education and seniority on the male-female wage gap: Is more education the answer?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 361-374

  Huang, Tung Chun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gender; Human capital theory; Pay; Sex discrimination; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342518287     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729910289710     Document Type: Review

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