Gender inequality and employment policy in the public sector a cross-national comparison of women managers' wages in five industrialized countries

Administration and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 454-477

  Mano Negrin, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Female managers' wages; Gender inequality; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043105565     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399703256776     Document Type: Article

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