Handicaps in Job Assignment: Insiders, Outsiders and Gender

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Pfeifer, Christian ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender; Handicaps; Promotions; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952192789     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-010-9099-9     Document Type: Article

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