What determines the part-time and gender earnings gaps in Britain: Evidence from the workplace

Oxford Economic Papers

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

  Mumford, Karen ^a,b   Smith, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; INCOME; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65449151332     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpn041     Document Type: Article

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