Has increased womens educational attainment led to greater earnings inequality in the United Kingdom a multivariate decomposition analysis

European Sociological Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-157

  Breen, Richard ^a   Salazar, Leire ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 77950547723     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcp011     Document Type: Article

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