Constrained Choices and Persistent Gender Inequity: The Economic Status of Working Women in a High-Income, Low-Poverty State With Lessons for Others

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-192

  Gittell, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

earnings gap; Gender inequity; marriage earnings penalty; occupational segregation; pay differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950757445     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209346697     Document Type: Article

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