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The intra-firm gender wage gap: a new view on wage differentials based on linked employer–employee data

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  • Anja Heinze & Elke Wolf, 2010. "The intra-firm gender wage gap: a new view on wage differentials based on linked employer–employee data," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 23(3), pages 851-879, June.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0229-0
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    Gender wage gap; Linked employer–employee data; Labor relations; J16; J31;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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