Gender differences across Europe

Frontiers in the Economics of Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-166

  Dolton, Peter ^a,b   Marcenaro Guttierez, Oscar ^c   Skalli, Ali ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

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EID: 84909095117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927694     Document Type: Chapter

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