Personality and the gender wage gap

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-118

  Nyhus, Ellen K ^a   Pons, Empar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER RELATIONS; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79961233979     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2010.500272     Document Type: Article

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