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Gender Wage Gaps Reconsidered

A Structural Approach Using Matched Employer-Employee Data

Cristian Bartolucci
Journal of Human Resources, October 2013, 48 (4) 998-1034; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.4.998
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