Stalled progress? Gender segregation and wage inequality among managers, 1980-2000

Work and Occupations

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-342

  Cohen, Philip N ^a   Huffman, Matt L ^b   Knauer, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and work; Gender inequality; Management; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951597459     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888409347582     Document Type: Article

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