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Feminist Economics Volume 11, 2005 - Issue 2: Special Issue on Gender and Aging. Guest Edited by Nancy Folbre, Lois B. Shaw and Agneta Stark
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Australia's “Other” Gender Wage Gap: Baby Boomers and Compulsory Superannuation Accounts

Therese Jefferson Women's Economic Policy Analysis Unit, Graduate School of Business, Curtin University of Technology, PO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845 E-mail: [email protected]View further author information
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Alison Preston Women's Economic Policy Analysis Unit, Graduate School of Business, Curtin University of Technology, PO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 79-101 | Published online: 13 Nov 2008

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