Gender differences in low pay labour mobility and the national minimum wage

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 61, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages

  Phimister, Euan ^a   Theodossiou, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MOBILITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WAGE GAP;

EID: 65449130801     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpn045     Document Type: Article

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