Degendering work time in comparative perspective: Alternative policy frameworks

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 460-480

  Figart, Deborah M ^a   Mutari, Ellen ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union; Flexibility; Labor market policy; Part time work; Women s employment; Work time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001611583     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769800000045     Document Type: Article

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