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Why is the gender earnings gap greater in Korea than in the United States?

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  • Cho, Donghun, 2007. "Why is the gender earnings gap greater in Korea than in the United States?," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 21(4), pages 455-469, December.
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    1. Chiang, Hui-Yu & Ohtake, Fumio, 2014. "Performance-pay and the gender wage gap in Japan," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 71-88.
    2. Up Lim & Ye Choi & Heonyoung Lee, 2015. "Occupational skills and the gender wage gap in Seoul, Korea: a multilevel approach," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 55(2), pages 335-356, December.
    3. Jaeram Lee & Jungjoon Ihm, 2020. "Gender Difference in Returns to Education Independent of Gender Wage Gap in Korea," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 34(2), pages 213-232, June.
    4. Tromp, Nikolas, 2019. "The narrowing gender wage gap in South Korea," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 1-1.
    5. Tromp, Nikolas, 2016. "Decomposing the Gender Wage Gap Across the Wage Distribution: South Korea in 2003 vs. 2013," MPRA Paper 75123, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 08 Nov 2016.

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