Gender-based wage differentials in a predominantly female profession: Observations from nursing

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 615-631

  Jones, Cheryl Bland ^a   Gates, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN CAPITAL; WAGE GAP;

EID: 4844229990     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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