The male/female earnings gap and female self-employment

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 759-779

  Leung, Danny ^a  

^a Bank of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Occupational choice; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747820782     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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