More or less unequal? Evidence on the pay of men and women from the British birth cohort studies

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-55

  Joshi, Heather ^a   Makepeace, Gerry ^a   Dolton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British birth cohort studies; Gender pay gap; Life course

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER RELATIONS; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33845519529     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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