"family-friendly" fringe benefits and the gender wage gap

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-119

  Lowen, Aaron ^a   Sicilian, Paul ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating wage differentials; Fringe benefits; Gender wage gap; National longitudinal study of youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349125753     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-008-9046-1     Document Type: Article

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