Wages and Gender Composition: Why do Women's Jobs Pay Less?
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Wages and Gender Composition: Why do Women's Jobs Pay Less? Author(s): David A. Macpherson and Barry T. Hirsch Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 426-471 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Society of Labor Economists and the NORC at the University of Chicago Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2535151 . Accessed: 19/04/2012 18:30
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