Gender differences in the early employment outcomes of STEM doctorates

Social Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shauman, Kimberlee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Labor market; Segregation; STEM; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018941839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/socsci6010024     Document Type: Article

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