Women's Work and Working Conditions: Are Mothers Compensated for Lost Wages?

Work and Occupations

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-138

  Glauber, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

compensating differentials; earnings; gender; motherhood; sex segregation; wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860546268     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888411422948     Document Type: Article

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