Who cares - And does it matter? Measuring wage penalties for caring work

Research in Labor Economics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-275

  Hirsch, Barry T ^a   Manzella, Julia ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring wage penalties; Gender wage gaps; Occupational job attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961387513     PISSN: 01479121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120140000041014     Document Type: Article

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