Gender wage differentials and educational mismatch: An application to the Spanish case

Applied Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 4226-4235

  del Mar Salinas Jiménez, Ma ^a   Rahona López, Marta ^b   Murillo Huertas, Inés P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational mismatch; Gender wage gap; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE GAP; WORKING CONDITIONS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84879432724     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2013.781260     Document Type: Article

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