Does hiring discrimination cause gender segregation in the Swedish labor market?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 71-102

  Carlsson, Magnus ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender division of labor; Labor market discrimination; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960603748     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2011.580700     Document Type: Article

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