The family gap in pay in Europe: A cross-country study

Labour Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 469-486

  Davies, Rhys ^a   Pierre, Gaëlle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Family formation; Family gap in pay; Household surveys; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044436534     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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