Institutional demand-side discrimination against women and the human capital model

Feminist Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-64

  Colander, David ^a   Woos, Joanna Wayland ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Woos Consulting

Author keywords

Academic jobs; Discrimination; Human capital; Insiders; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742604793     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457097338807     Document Type: Article

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