Selection, investment, and women's relative wages over time

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1061-1110

  Mulligan, Casey B ^a   Rubinstein, Yona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 49449112572     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1061     Document Type: Review

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