The Class Pay Gap in Higher Professional and Managerial Occupations

American Sociological Review

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 668-695

  Laurison, Daniel ^a   Friedman, Sam ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

class ceiling; class origin; class pay gap; social mobility

Indexed keywords

CLASS; MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84979980486     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122416653602     Document Type: Article

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