The gender pay gap under duopsony: Joan robinson meets harold hotelling

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 543-558

  Hirschn, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MODELING; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 74249091708     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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