Patterns of mobility for women in female-dominated occupations: An event-history analysis of two birth cohorts of Swiss women

European Sociological Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-67

  Li, Jiang Hong ^a   Buchmann, Marlis ^b   König, Markus ^c   Sacchi, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0007247664     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018227     Document Type: Article

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