Glass ceiling and double disadvantage effects: Women in the US labour market

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 603-613

  Le, Anh T ^a   Miller, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; GENDER ROLE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950913681     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701704501     Document Type: Article

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