Competition, takeovers, and gender discrimination

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 409-432

  Heyman, Fredrik ^a   Svaleryd, Helena ^b   Vlachos, Jonas ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Discrimination; Takeovers; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876540477     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600205     Document Type: Article

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