Do male-female wage differentials reflect differences in the return to skill? Cross-city evidence from 1980-2000

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-194

  Beaudry, Paul ^a,b   Lewis, Ethan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

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EID: 84898729524     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.2.178     Document Type: Article

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