The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on gender wage differentials

Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 235-287

  Weichselbaumer, Doris ^a,b   Winter Ebmer, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ROLE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33947630838     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2007.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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