Childhood sexual abuse and the gender wage gap

Economics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 549-551

  Robst, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Gender wage gap; J31; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849109500     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.044     Document Type: Article

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