Gender Segregation in the Spanish Labor Market: An Alternative Approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-362

  del Río, Coral ^a   Alonso Villar, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender; Local segregation curves; Occupational segregation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; LABOR MARKET; WAGE GAP;

SPAIN;

EID: 77955853622     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9548-0     Document Type: Article

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