The differential valuation of women's work: a new look at the gender gap in lawyers' incomes

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 819-864

  Dinovitzer, Ronit ^a   Reichman, Nancy ^b   Sterling, Joyce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 77149127401     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0260     Document Type: Article

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