Ideological wage inequalities? The technical/social dualism and the gender wage gap in engineering

Social Forces

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1147-1182

  Cech, Erin A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878476843     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sot024     Document Type: Article

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