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Gender Wage Disparities among the Highly Educated

Dan A. Black, Amelia M. Haviland, Seth G. Sanders and Lowell J. Taylor
Journal of Human Resources, July 2008, 43 (3) 630-659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.43.3.630
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