Gender differences in occupational wage mobility in the 1958 cohort

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-280

  Dex, Shirley ^a   Ward, Kelly ^b   Joshi, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1958 birth cohort; Gender; Mobility; Occupations; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649091813     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008089104     Document Type: Article

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