The role of gender among low-paid and high-paid workers

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-417

  Miller, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745242911     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2005.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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