What drives the gender wage gap? A look at the role of firm and job-title heterogeneity

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 506-524

  Cardoso, Ana Rute ^a   Guimarães, Paulo ^b,c   Portugal, Pedro ^b  

^a BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

^b BANCO DE PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HUMAN RESOURCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WAGE GAP;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84963764842     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpv069     Document Type: Article

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