Evidence for and against the 'double penalty' thesis in the science and engineering fields

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-362

  Tang, Joyce ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Engineers; Racial minorities; Scientists; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444462223     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005770509422     Document Type: Article

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