Occupational mobility of American women: Compositional and structural changes, 1980-2007

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-16

  Mandel, Hadas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compositional changes; Gender inequality; Occupational mobility; Structural changes; Wage structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857379979     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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