The challenge of measuring labor market discrimination against women

Swedish Economic Policy Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 199-231

  Oaxaca, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Discrimination; Gender; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449098429     PISSN: 14001829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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