Globalization and the gender wage gap

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-161

  Oostendorp, Remco H ^a,b  

^a TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GENDER ROLE; GLOBALIZATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP; WORLD BANK;

EID: 62149098444     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhn022     Document Type: Article

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