The male-female pay gap driven by coupling between labor markets and mating markets

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-274

  Frank, Steven A ^a   McKenzie, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender bias; Labor economics; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Wage gap

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE GAP;

EID: 33845365905     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-006-9008-8     Document Type: Article

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