Market transition and gender gap in earnings in urban China

Social Forces

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1107-1145

  Shu, Xiaoling ^a   Bian, Yanjie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 8644239736     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2003.0070     Document Type: Review

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