The gender wage gap in the Turkish labor market

Labour

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-593

  Ilkkaracan, Ipek ^a   Selim, Raziye ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; WAGE GAP; WORKPLACE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA;

EID: 34548439436     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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