Firm-Level Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap

Industrial Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 323-345

  Webber, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR SUPPLY; MARKET CONDITIONS; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 84961250690     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irel.12142     Document Type: Article

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