Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 933-962

  Lalive, Rafael ^a   Stutzer, Alois ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender discrimination; Gender wage gap; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953081749     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0257-4     Document Type: Article

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