Personal networks and the incomes of men and women in the United States: Do personal networks provide higher returns for men or women?

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-233

  Aguilera, Michael Bernabé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Labor markets; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749099988     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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