Self-esteem, education, and wages revisited

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-132

  de Araujo, Pedro ^a   Lagos, Stephen ^b  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^b THE BRATTLE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants of wages; Gender inequality; Self esteem; Simultaneous equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872367485     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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