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Research Article

Decomposing the gender pay gap in the formal sector in Venezuela: a microdata analysis 1985–2015

Leonardo J. MaldonadoDepartment of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1145-1151 | Published online: 23 Jun 2020

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