Women's work in urban Bangladesh: Is there an economic rationale?

Development and Change

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-260

  Mahmud, Simeen ^a,b,c  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION; GENDER ROLES; GENDER SEGREGATION; GENDER STUDY; LABOUR MARKET; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S ROLES; WOMEN'S WORK;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031445138     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00042     Document Type: Article

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