Firm-level evidence on gender wage discrimination in the belgian private economy

Labour

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-349

  Vandenberghe, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

BELGIUM;

EID: 80051557094     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2011.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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