Gender gaps in unemployment rates in OECD countries

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-37

  Azmat, Ghazala ^a   Güell, Maia ^b   Maiming, Alan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 32144452038     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497817     Document Type: Review

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