Understanding the Gender Earnings Gap: Hours Worked, Occupational Sorting, and Labor Market Experience
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چکیده
This article documents life-cycle gender differences in labor market outcomes using longitudinal data of a cohort individuals from the National Longitudinal Survey Youth 1979. As other datasets, earnings gap increases with age.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Review
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0314-7533']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.103.175-205