Family policies, wage structures, and gender gaps: Sources of earnings inequality in 20 countries

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 949-967

  Mandel, Hadas ^a   Semyonov, Moshe ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; WAGE GAP;

EID: 33645164759     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000604     Document Type: Article

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