Is Australia really a world leader in closing the gender gap?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 81-103

  Barns, Angela ^a   Preston, Alison ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Gender wage gap; Labor market participation; Part time work; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251582174     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2010.530607     Document Type: Article

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