Career Sidestep, Wage Setback? The Impact of Different Types of Employment Interruptions on Wages

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Theunissen, Gert ^a   Verbruggen, Marijke ^a   Forrier, Anneleen ^a   Sels, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Employment interruptions; Gender; Wage impact

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENDER ISSUE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE GAP;

BELGIUM;

EID: 80051984768     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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