Institutions, markets and men's and women's wage inequality: Evidence from Ukraine

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-227

  Ganguli, Ina ^a   Terrell, Katherine ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Inequality; Semi parametric estimation; Transition; Ukraine; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646870376     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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