Does It matter who responded to the survey? Trends in the U.S. Gender earnings gap revisited

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-160

  Lee, Jungmin ^a   Lee, Sokbae ^b  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gender earnings gap; Measurement error; Proxy response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255168518     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500108     Document Type: Article

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