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Two Sides of the Same Coin

U.S. “Residual” Inequality and the Gender Gap

Marigee P. Bacolod and Bernardo S. Blum
Journal of Human Resources, January 2010, 45 (1) 197-242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.1.197
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vol. 45 no. 1 197-242
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.1.197
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received April 1, 2008
  • Accepted December 1, 2008
  • Published online January 27, 2010.
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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  2. Bernardo S. Blum
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