Do New Male and Female College Graduates Receive Unequal Pay?
We analyze the female-male gap in starting-salary offers for new college graduates using data from the annual surveys of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), unique (and proprietary) data that have not previously been used for this purpose. A major advantage of working with a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 32 - 49 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Winter2007
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