Evidence on the glass ceiling effect in France using matched worker-firm data

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3233-3250

  Jellal, Mohamed ^a   Nordman, Christophe ^b   Wolff, Francois Charles ^c,d  

^a Al Akhawaya University   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GENDER DISPARITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE GAP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50049095111     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600994070     Document Type: Article

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