Rent sharing and the gender wage gap in Belgium

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 279-299

  Rycx, François ^a   Tojerow, Ilan ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Gender; Pay differentials; Profits

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344606367     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410541407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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