Work experience as a source of specification error in earnings models: Implications for gender wage decompositions

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 463-499

  Regan, Tracy L ^a   Oaxaca, Ronald L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Experience; Specification error

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449100201     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0180-5     Document Type: Article

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