The gender earnings gap in Britain: Including the workplace

Manchester School

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 653-672

  Mumford, Karen ^a   Smith, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35448990924     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: 14679957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2007.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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