Cumulative gender disadvantage in contract employment

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 871-923

  Fernandez Mateo, Isabel ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CONTRACT; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CAREER MOBILITY; CONTRACTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 65949085598     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595941     Document Type: Article

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