Women' s sexual orientation and labor market outcomes in Greece

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-117

  Drydakis, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Hiring discrimination; Sexual orientation; Wage discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251519628     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2010.541858     Document Type: Article

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