Gender inequality in earnings in industrialized East Asia

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Chang, Chin Fen ^a   England, Paula ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asia; Gender inequality; Japan; Korea; Labor markets; Sex gap in pay; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149466280     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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