Wage inequality in Latin America: A decade of changes

Cepal Review

Volumn , Issue 103, 2011, Pages 27-44

  Contreras, Dante ^a   Gallegos, Sebastián ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Equal pay; Gender; Income distribution; Latin America; Multivariate analysis; Statistical methodology; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860419130     PISSN: 02512920     EISSN: 16840348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/aa36cbb4-en     Document Type: Article

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