Gender and ethnic differences in occupational positions and earnings among nurses and engineers in Norway: Identical educational choices, unequal outcomes

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-295

  Karlsen, Hilde ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

earnings; employment positions; ethnic origin; female traditional; men; nursing; sex atypical occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860454610     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017011432907     Document Type: Article

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