Where sex composition matters most: Comparing the effects of job versus occupational sex composition on earnings

Sociological Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-207

  Huffman, Matt L ^a   Velasco, Steven C ^a   Bielby, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85007823452     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1996.10570640     Document Type: Article

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