Cross-national comparisons of the labour force participation of women married to unemployed men

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 611-635

  Dex, Shirley ^a   Gustafsson, Siv ^b   Smith, Nina ^c   Callan, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GENDER PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOUR PARTICIPATION; UNEMPLOYED HUSBANDS; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION;

EID: 0029540901     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a042190     Document Type: Article

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