Educational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap for Recent College Graduates in Colombia

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
695
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
J24, J31, J71
Palabras clave: 
gender wage gap, subject of degree, decomposition

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