The Price of Feminised Jobs: New Evidence on the Gender Pay Gap in Australia

Labour and Industry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-100

  Pocock, Barbara ^a   Alexander, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937180163     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1999.10669216     Document Type: Article

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