Previous marriage and the lesbian wage premium

Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 432-453

  Daneshvary, Nasser C ^a   Waddoups, Jeffrey C ^a   Wimmer, Bradley S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY; LABOR MARKET; MARRIAGE; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 65649092580     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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