Do women managers ameliorate gender differences in wages? evidence from a large grocery retailer

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-381

  Penner, Andrew M ^a   Toro Tulla, Harold J ^b   Huffman, Matt L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for the New Economy   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Wages; Women managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861943615     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2012.55.2.365     Document Type: Article

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