Swimming upstream, floating downstream: Comparing women's relative wage progress in the United States and Denmark

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-266

  Gupta, Nabanita Datta ^a   Oaxaca, Ronald L ^b   Smith, Nina ^c  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

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EID: 33646772532     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390605900204     Document Type: Article

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