A grand gender convergence: Its last chapter

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1091-1119

  Goldin, Claudia ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898605105     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.4.1091     Document Type: Article

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