When do female occupations pay more?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-187

  Jurajda, Štěpán ^a   Harmgart, Heike ^b  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^b EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender wage gap; Segregation; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947714705     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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