Wage differentials, discrimination and inequality: A cautionary note on the Juhn, Murphy and Pierce decomposition method

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-122

  Yun, Myeong Su ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition analysis; Discrimination; Inequality; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GENDER ROLE; MODELING; RACE; WAGE GAP;

EID: 59049083053     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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