Discrimination against Queer Women in the U.S. Workforce: A Résumé Audit Study

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Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mishel, Emma ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; employment discrimination; field experiment; inequality; sexual orientation; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85136394149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23780231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2378023115621316     Document Type: Article

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