The gender wage gap: Extent, trends, & explanations

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 789-865

  Blau, Francine D ^a   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 85029393689     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.20160995     Document Type: Article

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