The rise of intra-occupational wage inequality in the United States, 1983 to 2002

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-157

  Kim, Chang Hwan ^a   Sakamoto, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; OCCUPATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51249131092     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300107     Document Type: Article

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