A longitudinal analysis of family migration and the gender gap in earnings in the United States and Great Britain

Demography

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-167

  Cooke, Thomas J ^a   Boyle, Paul ^b   Couch, Kenneth ^a   Feijten, Peteke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 65449144331     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0036     Document Type: Article

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