Sticky floors and glass ceilings in Latin America

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-361

  Carrillo, Paul ^a   Gandelman, Néstor ^b   Robano, Virginia ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ORT URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^c OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Gender wage gap; Glass ceiling; Latin America; Quantile decomposition; Sticky floor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906491714     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-013-9258-3     Document Type: Article

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