The part-time pay penalty for women in britain

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 526, 2008, Pages

  Manning, Alan ^a   Petrongolo, Barbara ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349098701     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02115.x     Document Type: Article

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