Mind the Gap : Essays on Explanations of Gender Wage Inequality
The gender wage gap is accounted for to a substantial degree by the sex composition of occupations. The present thesis examines the mechanisms that produce this pattern. In particular, the theory of devaluation, currently the most widely accepted sociological explanation, is tested. The empirical fi...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Institutet för social forskning (SOFI)
2010
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-34058 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7155-992-0 |