Gender, ethnic, and national earnings gaps in Israel: The role of rising inequality

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 654-672

  Haberfeld, Yitchak ^a   Cohen, Yinon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Earnings gaps; Earnings structure; Ethnic gaps; Gender gaps; Inequality; Israel; National gaps

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147132787     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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