Justifications of inequality: The normative basis of pay differentials in 31 nations

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1405-1431

  Evans, M D R ^a   Kelley, Jonathan ^a   Peoples, Clayton D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 77958588946     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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