Still a wedge in the door: women training for the construction trades in the USA
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- Gunseli Berik & Cihan Bilginsoy, 2005. "Still a Wedge in the Door: Women Training for the Construction Trades in the U.S," Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Utah 2005_05, University of Utah, Department of Economics.
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Apprenticeships; Training; Construction industry; Skilled workers; Women; Trade unions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
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