Unions and the gender wage gap in South Africa

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-59

  Casale, Daniela ^a   Posel, Dorrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR RELATIONS; MODELING; OCCUPATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78650667632     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejq029     Document Type: Article

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