Comparing the earnings of cohabiting lesbians, cohabiting heterosexual women, and married women: Evidence from the 2000 Census

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 699-727

  Jepsen, Lisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COHABITATION; GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY;

EID: 35248816803     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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