Gender wage disparities among the highly educated

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-659

  Black, Dan A ^a   Haviland, Amelia M ^b   Sanders, Seth G ^c   Taylor, Lowell J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE DETERMINATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 49549099261     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.43.3.630     Document Type: Article

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