Task specificity and the gender wage gap: Theoretical considerations and empirical analysis of the Spanish Survey on Wage Structure

European Sociological Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-181

  Polavieja, Javier G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 24144436004     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jci011     Document Type: Review

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