Glass ceiling or sticky floor? Exploring the Australian gender pay gap

Economic Record

Volumn 82, Issue 259, 2006, Pages 408-427

  Kee, Hiao Joo ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; INCOME; LABOR RELATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WAGE GAP;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33750039635     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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