Explaining women's success: Technological change and the skill content of women's work

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-194

  Black, Sandra E ^a   Spitz Oener, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 77955144318     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2009.11761     Document Type: Article

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