Occupational Prestige and the Gender Wage Gap

Kyklos

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 565-593

  Kleinjans, Kristin J ^a   Krassel, Karl Fritjof ^b   Dukes, Anthony ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; OCCUPATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 85030448815     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12149     Document Type: Article

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