How welfare states shape the gender pay gap: A theoretical and comparative analysis

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1873-1912

  Mandel, Hadas ^a   Shalev, Michael ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 73449099294     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0187     Document Type: Article

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