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1996 Salary Survey
by Dirk Dusharme, Neville Samuels and Alexander Karolyi

A sizable gap still exists between men's and women's salaries in the quality profession. But discrimination may not be the issue. It may be closely related to women's rapid climb up the corporate ladder.

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