Sectoral gender wage gap in Vietnam

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-239

  Liu, Amy Y C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 3142759637     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810410001699966     Document Type: Article

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