The gender wage gap in highly prestigious occupations: A case study of Swedish medical doctors

Work, Employment & Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-58

  Magnusson, Charlotta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

family status; gender wage gap; highly prestigious occupations; physicians; within occupation segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000666371     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: 14698722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017015590760     Document Type: Article

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