Before and after: Gender transitions, human capital, and workplace experiences

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Schilt, Kristen ^a   Wiswall, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Labor market discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549095114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1862     Document Type: Article

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