Tracking the gender pay gap: A case study

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-418

  Travis, Cheryl B ^a   Gross, Louis J ^b   Johnson, Bruce A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathmatics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 70449859147     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2009.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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