Accounting for wage inequality in India

Indian Journal of Labour Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-295

  Vasudeva Dutta, Puja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; WAGE; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 24944494535     PISSN: 09717927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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